How do I disable gzip for wcf? - wcf

Question

I know both do the de/compression automatically, I still want to disable it. But how? I tried adding a textEncoding="Utf8Encoding" element, but then nothing worked anymore.
I have this in my standard wcf service:
<system.serviceModel>
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior>
<!-- To avoid disclosing metadata information, set the values below to false before deployment -->
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true" httpsGetEnabled="true"/>
<!-- To receive exception details in faults for debugging purposes, set the value below to true. Set to false before deployment to avoid disclosing exception information -->
<serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="false"/>
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
<protocolMapping>
<add binding="basicHttpsBinding" scheme="https" />
</protocolMapping>
<serviceHostingEnvironment aspNetCompatibilityEnabled="true" multipleSiteBindingsEnabled="true" minFreeMemoryPercentageToActivateService="0" />
<diagnostics>
<messageLogging logEntireMessage="true"
logMalformedMessages="true"
logMessagesAtServiceLevel="true"
logMessagesAtTransportLevel="true"
maxMessagesToLog="500"/>
</diagnostics>
</system.serviceModel>
This is my wcf client:
<system.serviceModel>
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior>
<!-- To avoid disclosing metadata information, set the values below to false before deployment -->
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true" httpsGetEnabled="true"/>
<!-- To receive exception details in faults for debugging purposes, set the value below to true. Set to false before deployment to avoid disclosing exception information -->
<serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="false"/>
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
<protocolMapping>
<add binding="basicHttpsBinding" scheme="https" />
</protocolMapping>
<serviceHostingEnvironment aspNetCompatibilityEnabled="true" multipleSiteBindingsEnabled="true" />
<client>
<endpoint address="http://localhost:5555/Service1.svc"
binding="basicHttpBinding"
contract="IService1"
name="WebServiceEndpoint" />
</client>
<diagnostics>
<messageLogging logEntireMessage="true"
logMalformedMessages="true"
logMessagesAtServiceLevel="true"
logMessagesAtTransportLevel="true"
maxMessagesToLog="500"/>
</diagnostics>
</system.serviceModel>
EDIT:
I added this to the service but it isnt working, I keep gettingHTTP/1.1 415 Cannot process the message because the content type 'text/xml;charset=UTF-8' was not the expected type 'application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8'.
<bindings>
<customBinding>
<binding name="test">
<httpTransport decompressionEnabled="false"></httpTransport>
</binding>
</customBinding>
</bindings>
<protocolMapping>
<add binding="customBinding" bindingConfiguration="test" scheme="http" />
</protocolMapping>

Answer 1

The bindings have to be exactly the same on the client and the server. The key thing that happens when setting decompressionEnabled="false" is that it stops setting the Accept-Encoding header to "gzip,deflate". Great stuff.
As far as I understand, the service wouldnt even need to have this configuration, because it will respond with gzipped content even when configured with decompressionEnabled="false" when a client sends the accept-encoding=gzip.
Full working client:
<bindings>
<customBinding>
<binding name="test">
<textMessageEncoding messageVersion="Soap11" writeEncoding="utf-8"></textMessageEncoding>
<httpTransport decompressionEnabled="false"></httpTransport>
</binding>
</customBinding>
</bindings>
<protocolMapping>
<add binding="customBinding" bindingConfiguration="test" scheme="http" />
</protocolMapping>
<serviceHostingEnvironment aspNetCompatibilityEnabled="true" multipleSiteBindingsEnabled="true" />
<client>
<endpoint address="http://localhost:5555/Service1.svc"
binding="customBinding" bindingConfiguration="test"
contract="IService1"
name="WebServiceEndpoint" />
</client>
Full service:
<bindings>
<customBinding>
<binding name="test">
<textMessageEncoding messageVersion="Soap11" writeEncoding="utf-8"></textMessageEncoding>
<httpTransport decompressionEnabled="false"></httpTransport>
</binding>
</customBinding>
</bindings>
<protocolMapping>
<add binding="customBinding" bindingConfiguration="test" scheme="http" />
</protocolMapping>

Answer 2

You have to create customBinding with <httpTransport decompressionEnabled="false" /> or thru code change DecompressionEnabled Property value