[issue15089] Add gzip support to urllib.request.retrieve()

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[issue15089] Add gzip support to urllib.request.retrieve()

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[issue15089] Add gzip support to urllib.request.retrieve()

Serhiy Storchaka added the comment: Isn't this a duplicate of issue1508475? -- nosy: +storchaka ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bug

[issue15089] Add gzip support to urllib.request.retrieve()

New submission from Raymond Hettinger : Enable retrieve() to take advantage of data compression in HTTP requests. * In the request, add the header "Accept-Encoding: gzip". * In the response, check the headers for "Content-Encoding: gzip". * Convert the downloaded content using gzip.GzipFile. --