| # decompress-response [](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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