# decompress-response [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.com/sindresorhus/decompress-response.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.com/sindresorhus/decompress-response) > Decompress a HTTP response if needed Decompresses the [response](https://nodejs.org/api/http.html#http_class_http_incomingmessage) from [`http.request`](https://nodejs.org/api/http.html#http_http_request_options_callback) if it's gzipped, deflated or compressed with Brotli, otherwise just passes it through. Used by [`got`](https://github.com/sindresorhus/got). ## Install ``` $ npm install decompress-response ``` ## Usage ```js const http = require('http'); const decompressResponse = require('decompress-response'); http.get('https://sindresorhus.com', response => { response = decompressResponse(response); }); ``` ## API ### decompressResponse(response) Returns the decompressed HTTP response stream. #### response Type: [`http.IncomingMessage`](https://nodejs.org/api/http.html#http_class_http_incomingmessage) The HTTP incoming stream with compressed data. ---
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