HTTP Event Collector supports compression (like Gzip)?

[sandeep23]

Is compression (like Gzip) supported in HEC batched payload ? One of the Splunk blog mentioned it, but can't find any relevant info in user/developer guide. Can someone please confirm and share docs if supported?

[amiracle]

Here is a blog post that you might be looking for: https://www.splunk.com/blog/2016/07/28/sending-compressed-payloads-to-splunk.html

[s2_splunk · Accepted solution]

Revised answer: If you send gzip'ed data, just set the Content-Encoding header like you would with any other payload sent over HTTP and it will work.