How can I tell if my server is serving GZipped content?

Question

I have a webapp on a NGinx server. I set gzip on in the conf file and now I\'m trying to see if it works. YSlow says it\'s not, but 5 out of 6 websites that do

Answer 1

You could quickly use a web service like: http://www.whatsmyip.org/http-compression-test/

Google Chrome's "Audits" tool in the developer tools comes in handy as well.