Compressing a web service response for jQuery

Question

I\'m attempting to gzip a JSON response from an ASMX web service to be consumed on the client-side by jQuery.

My web.config already has httpCompression set like so:

Answer 1

Changes in web.config don't work because of the following line in applicationHost.config:

If you replace it by:

the changes are possible locally.

I think this is more convenient as you are able to configure every service differently and you don't have to edit your applicationHost.config if you must add a new MIME type.

Here is an example how to activate compression in web.config on a single ASMX service located in the service subfolder:

Concerning the actual editing of applicationHost.config, I suspect that it is not a true file in the file system. If you copy that file on your desktop, you will be able to edit it with any text editor, then copy it back to its original folder.