Enabling gzip compression in django

GZip compression allows the server to compress data before it is sent (on the fly) and the upon arrival of the data on client side, the browser does the unzipping/decompression of the data and shows it to the user. Enabling gzip compression can help you save about 50% plus bandwidth, thus not only making your site more responsive, but also saving huge amount of cost. Here's how you enable gzip compression in Django:

Open your settings.py file and find the MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES tuple. Add the following at the top:

MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
    'django.middleware.gzip.GZipMiddleware',
    # ...
)

And, that's it! You can also enable gzip compression from your Apache, Ngingx and other servers too, look up their documentation.