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# decompress-response [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.com/sindresorhus/decompress-response.svg?branch=master)](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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