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# 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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