# Input Decompression

**URL:** <https://discourse.haproxy.org/t/input-decompression/1110>\
**Category:** Help!\
**Created:** [March 24, 2017, 2:48am UTC](https://discourse.haproxy.org/t/input-decompression/1110 "2017-03-24T02:48:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![jonasflesch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a4c791/32.png) [@jonasflesch](https://discourse.haproxy.org/u/jonasflesch)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2017, 2:48am UTC](https://discourse.haproxy.org/t/input-decompression/1110/1 "2017-03-24T02:48:38Z")

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Hello.

I would like HAProxy to not only compress responses, but also decompress requests. mod\_deflate does this for httpd, [see “Input Decompression” section](http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_deflate.html).

How can I achieve this with haproxy?

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**Author:** ![lukastribus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@lukastribus](https://discourse.haproxy.org/u/lukastribus)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2017, 8:35am UTC](https://discourse.haproxy.org/t/input-decompression/1110/2 "2017-03-24T08:35:53Z")

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You can’t, haproxy compression handling is for responses only.