Compression with SOAP::Lite

mohan2monks has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Dear Monks,

When i try to connect to a web service using compression in SOAP::Lite i am receiving 500 as error on one machine which was installed currently while the same code works on the old machine.

I have compared the headers sent from both the machines which are same. Please see the trace report generated by SOAP::Lite debug method for both the machines


SOAP::Transport::HTTP::Client::send_receive: POST https://webservices.
+xxxx.com/B2BGateway/service HTTP/1.1
Accept: text/xml
Accept: multipart/*
Accept: application/soap
Accept-Encoding: gzip
Content-Encoding: gzip
Content-Length: 614
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
SOAPAction: http://webservices.xxxx.com/SubmitXml

compressed data here 

Content-Length header value was wrong, fixed at /usr/lib/perl5/site_pe
+rl/5.8.8/LWP/Protocol/http.pm line 190.

SOAP::Transport::HTTP::Client::send_receive: HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Ser
+ver Error
Connection: close
Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2011 04:54:01 GMT
Server: Apache-Coyote/1.1
Content-Length: 1683
Content-Type: text/html;charset=utf-8
Client-Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2011 04:57:21 GMT
Client-Peer: 10.1.1.4:3128
Client-Response-Num: 1
Client-SSL-Cert-Issuer: /C=US/O=Equifax/OU=Equifax Secure Certificate 
+Authority
Client-SSL-Cipher: RC4-MD5
Client-SSL-Warning: Peer certificate not verified
Title: Apache Tomcat/6.0.29 - Error report

<html><head><title>Apache Tomcat/6.0.29 - Error report</title><style><
+!--H1 {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;color:white;background-col
+or:#525D76;font-size:22px;} H2 {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;c
+olor:white;background-color:#525D76;font-size:16px;} H3 {font-family:
+Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;color:white;background-color:#525D76;font-siz
+e:14px;} BODY {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;color:black;backgr
+ound-color:white;} B {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;color:white
+;background-color:#525D76;} P {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;ba
+ckground:white;color:black;font-size:12px;}A {color : black;}A.name {
+color : black;}HR {color : #525D76;}--></style> </head><body><h1>HTTP
+ Status 500 - </h1><HR size="1" noshade="noshade"><p><b>type</b> Exce
+ption report</p><p><b>message</b> <u></u></p><p><b>description</b> <u
+>The server encountered an internal error () that prevented it from f
+ulfilling this request.</u></p><p><b>exception</b> <pre>java.io.IOExc
+eption: Not in GZIP format
        java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream.readHeader(GZIPInputStream.java:
+137)
        java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream.&lt;init&gt;(GZIPInputStream.jav
+a:58)
        java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream.&lt;init&gt;(GZIPInputStream.jav
+a:68)
        com.cendant.tds.soa.framework.gateway.filter.ExpandedRequest.&
+lt;init&gt;(ExpandedRequest.java:56)
        com.cendant.tds.soa.framework.gateway.filter.ExpansionFilter.d
+oFilter(ExpansionFilter.java:71)
        com.cendant.tds.soa.framework.gateway.filter.ForwardFilter.doF
+ilter(ForwardFilter.java:73)
</pre></p><p><b>note</b> <u>The full stack trace of the root cause is 
+available in the Apache Tomcat/6.0.29 logs.</u></p><HR size="1" nosha
+de="noshade"><h3>Apache Tomcat/6.0.29</h3></body></html>
<html><head><title>Apache Tomcat/6.0.29 - Error report</title><style><
+!--H1 {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;color:white;background-col
+or:#525D76;font-size:22px;} H2 {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;c
+olor:white;background-color:#525D76;font-size:16px;} H3 {font-family:
+Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;color:white;background-color:#525D76;font-siz
+e:14px;} BODY {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;color:black;backgr
+ound-color:white;} B {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;color:white
+;background-color:#525D76;} P {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;ba
+ckground:white;color:black;font-size:12px;}A {color : black;}A.name {
+color : black;}HR {color : #525D76;}--></style> </head><body><h1>HTTP
+ Status 500 - </h1><HR size="1" noshade="noshade"><p><b>type</b> Exce
+ption report</p><p><b>message</b> <u></u></p><p><b>description</b> <u
+>The server encountered an internal error () that prevented it from f
+ulfilling this request.</u></p><p><b>exception</b> <pre>java.io.IOExc
+eption: Not in GZIP format
        java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream.readHeader(GZIPInputStream.java:
+137)
        java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream.&lt;init&gt;(GZIPInputStream.jav
+a:58)
        java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream.&lt;init&gt;(GZIPInputStream.jav
+a:68)
        com.cendant.tds.soa.framework.gateway.filter.ExpandedRequest.&
+lt;init&gt;(ExpandedRequest.java:56)
        com.cendant.tds.soa.framework.gateway.filter.ExpansionFilter.d
+oFilter(ExpansionFilter.java:71)
        com.cendant.tds.soa.framework.gateway.filter.ForwardFilter.doF
+ilter(ForwardFilter.java:73)
</pre></p><p><b>note</b> <u>The full stack trace of the root cause is 
+available in the Apache Tomcat/6.0.29 logs.</u></p><HR size="1" nosha
+de="noshade"><h3>Apache Tomcat/6.0.29</h3></body></html>



#----------Working Trace-----------------------
SOAP::Transport::HTTP::Client::send_receive: POST https://webservices.
+xxxx.com/B2BGateway/service HTTP/1.1
Accept: text/xml
Accept: multipart/*
Accept: application/soap
Accept-Encoding: gzip
Content-Encoding: gzip
Content-Length: 614
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
SOAPAction: http://webservices.xxxx.com/SubmitXml

# compressed data here -----

SOAP::Transport::HTTP::Client::send_receive: HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Connection: close
Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2011 05:48:35 GMT
Server: Apache-Coyote/1.1
Content-Encoding: gzip
Content-Type: text/xml;charset=utf-8
Client-Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2011 05:46:14 GMT
Client-Peer: 216.113.156.105:443
Client-Response-Num: 1
Client-SSL-Cert-Issuer: /C=US/O=Equifax/OU=Equifax Secure Certificate 
+Authority
Client-SSL-Cipher: RC4-MD5
Client-SSL-Warning: Peer certificate not verified
Client-Transfer-Encoding: chunked
[download]

Please help.

Comment on Compression with SOAP::Lite Download Code

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Re: Compression with SOAP::Lite by Corion (Patriarch) on Apr 08, 2011 at 06:27 UTC
My guess would be that the versions of IO::Compress / IO::Uncompress differ between the machines and/or versions.	[reply]
Re: Compression with SOAP::Lite by mohan2monks (Beadle) on Apr 08, 2011 at 07:48 UTC
I have tried with installing latest version of Compress::Zlib but the error persists. Is downgrading the version recommended?	[reply]
Re^2: Compression with SOAP::Lite by Anonymous Monk on Apr 08, 2011 at 10:28 UTC
Is downgrading the version recommended? No, verifying the data sent with something like gzip is recommended	[reply]
Re^3: Compression with SOAP::Lite by mohan2monks (Beadle) on Apr 08, 2011 at 11:38 UTC
As this data is sent by SOAP::Lite/LWP, i am not sure how to do it? Please advice how do i do it? I get the desired result if i dont use options=>{compress_threshold =>1000} in the client.	[reply]
Re^4: Compression with SOAP::Lite by Anonymous Monk on Apr 09, 2011 at 01:52 UTC