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Status Not under consideration
Categories Other
Created by Guest
Created on Feb 7, 2019

CICS support gzip format HTTP

Enable CICS to support gzip format in HTTP.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
    Aug 5, 2022

    There is requirement to transfer huge pay files to/from CICS over TCPIPS. Currently the maximum data length is being increased to support this increase. If the .gzip facility is available, CICS would be able to support huge files without need to continuously increase TCPIP data length depending on the growing business needs.

  • Guest
    Apr 12, 2022
    We have assessed this requirement.. We have no current plans for this to be implemented and so this requirement is being declined at this point
  • Guest
    Sep 2, 2019

    This is a candidate for a future release.

5 MERGED

HTTP Message Compression in CICS Web Service Context

Merged
The request is to enable the sending of smaller messages by making CICS compatible with common compression algorithms (e.g. GZIP). The context is CICS Web Services over HTTP (with CICS as both requester and provider).
over 13 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration
1 MERGED

CICS TS WebServices should support "compressed replies" when requested by the client

Merged
In HTTP protocol, clients can request the server to send back the reply in compressed (zipped) format. This is signalled by the client by specifying e.g. "Accept-encoding: gzip,deplate" in the HTTP header. CICS Web Services support should honour t...
over 13 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 3 Not under consideration
3 MERGED

Support for Gzip on any HTTP message

Merged
Please provide GZIP support to decompress and compress HTTP bodies.
almost 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Runtime 1 Not under consideration