Does .NET's HttpWebResponse uncompress automatically GZiped and Deflated responses?

Question

I am trying to do a request that accepts a compressed response

var request = (HttpWebRequest)HttpWebRequest.Create(requestUri);
request.Headers.Add(HttpReque         


        

Answer 1

GZIP and Deflate responses are not automatically handled. See this article for the details: HttpWebRequest and GZip Http Responses