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Gzip upload on browsers



Today, I faced a problem that I could not upload my archive file with gzip format on Firefox, even it worked on Chrome. I was using macOS. My application had a setting to whitelist accepted files. I’ve already added "application/gzip" to that list. "It’s strange!", I thought.

I finally figured out that my uploaded file's type actually was "application/x-gzip" on Firefox. I also asked my colleagues to check their uploaded files on Window and Ubuntu. Hmm… they were totally different! It was "application/x-compressed" on Window, and was "application/x-compressed-tar" on Ubuntu.

In fact, gzip is already standardized by IANA. There is a note in RFC-6713 as below:

"Some applications have informally used media types such as application/gzip-compressed, application/gzipped, application/x-gunzip, application/x-gzip, application/x-gzip-compressed, and gzip/document to describe data compressed with gzip. The media types defined in this document should replace those media types in future applications."

As you can see, the difference of media types among browsers still persists as of this writing. That was the root cause!

Therefore, I had to added all media types including "application/zip,application/x-gzip,application/x-compressed,application/x-compressed-tar" in my app's whitelist.
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  1. thongmleApril 19, 2020 at 2:23 AM

    anh làm một blog về sự quan trọng của tiếng anh ( speaking, writing ) đi anh. Một dev có được skill viết như anh thì có được đãi ngộ gì đặc biệt hơn kh ạ

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    1. Huong NguyenApril 23, 2020 at 9:09 AM

      Để mình kể cho bạn nghe câu chuyện học tiếng Anh của mình để xem nó quan trọng thế nào với mình nhé. Thực ra, ban đầu động lực học tiếng Anh duy nhất của mình là cố gắng "sống sót" trong môi trường làm việc sử dụng tiếng Anh để giao tiếp. Lúc đó, trong team mình còn "bị đánh giá" là hạng D (trong thang điểm A, B, C, D). Ghê chưa! Nhìn xung quanh sao người ta ai cũng giỏi, ai cũng hay quá, thế là mình hạ quyết tâm học cho bằng được. Trong lúc người ta còn ngủ, mình phải dậy sớm học tiếng Anh; trong lúc người ta nghỉ trưa, mình học tiếng Anh; và trong lúc người ta đi xem phim tối, mình học tiếng Anh. Trong vòng 6 tháng như vậy thì mình đã tự tin ra hẳn, nói được và nghe được. Từ đó, mình cảm thấy tiếng Anh là một thứ gì đó không thể thiếu hằng ngày. Mình có thể đọc sách tiếng Anh, xem phim tiếng Anh, học khoá học tiếng Anh, đi meetup nói tiếng Anh, vân vân. Vậy là khi thành thạo nó thì bây giờ nó trở thành công cụ giúp mình tiếp nhận rất nhiều thông tin, học hỏi được nhiều thứ, và "enjoy" cuộc sống nhiều hơn.

      Trong môi trường sử dụng tiếng Anh để giao tiếp, nếu bạn có tiếng Anh tốt thì bạn mới giao tiếp tốt. Ngôn ngữ cũng giống như protocol trong phần mềm. Bạn phải hiểu và sử dụng đúng protocol thì hệ thống mới hoạt động đúng. Bạn giỏi tiếng Anh, bạn tự tin khi giao tiếp với khách hàng, bạn tự tin viết tài liệu, bạn tư tin xông pha học cái mới, bạn tự tin khi thuyết trình, vân vân. Bạn sẽ được giao nhiều việc quan trọng và mang lại nhiều giá trị cho công ty. Như vậy, vì cái "dich vụ" của bạn quá tốt, chắc chắn bạn phải thoả thuận được "giá cao". :)

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