permessage-deflate on the odds WebSocket

Answer: clients that negotiate permessage-deflate get compressed frames (threshold ~1 KB). Snapshots typically shrink 5–10×. Python websockets enables it by default; Node ws needs perMessageDeflate: true.

Node#

new WebSocket(url, { headers: { 'x-api-key': KEY }, perMessageDeflate: true });

Details: WebSocket docs.

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Questions people ask#

Must I enable it?#

Recommended for large soccer books. Skip only if CPU is extremely constrained.

Does compression change JSON fields?#

No — same schema after inflate.

Is this educational content for adults?#

Yes (18+).