Remove gzip middleware from API server (#4005)

Author: mpignatelli12

api/server/server.go

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import (
 	"path"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/NYTimes/gziphandler"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	"github.com/rs/cors"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
@@ -117,11 +116,10 @@ func New(
 	}
 
 	router := newRouter()
-	handler := wrapHandler(router, nodeID, allowedOrigins, allowedHosts, true)
+	handler := wrapHandler(router, nodeID, allowedOrigins, allowedHosts)
 
 	http2Router := newHTTP2Router()
-	// Do not use gzip middleware because it breaks the grpc spec
-	http2Handler := wrapHandler(http2Router, nodeID, allowedOrigins, allowedHosts, false)
+	http2Handler := wrapHandler(http2Router, nodeID, allowedOrigins, allowedHosts)
 
 	httpServer := &http.Server{
 		Handler: h2c.NewHandler(
@@ -333,16 +331,12 @@ func wrapHandler(
 	nodeID ids.NodeID,
 	allowedOrigins []string,
 	allowedHosts []string,
-	gzip bool,
 ) http.Handler {
 	h := filterInvalidHosts(handler, allowedHosts)
 	h = cors.New(cors.Options{
 		AllowedOrigins:   allowedOrigins,
 		AllowCredentials: true,
 	}).Handler(h)
-	if gzip {
-		h = gziphandler.GzipHandler(h)
-	}
 	return http.HandlerFunc(
 		func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			// Attach this node's ID as a header

go.mod

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ go 1.23.9
 
 require (
 	github.com/DataDog/zstd v1.5.2
-	github.com/NYTimes/gziphandler v1.1.1
 	github.com/StephenButtolph/canoto v0.15.0
 	github.com/antithesishq/antithesis-sdk-go v0.3.8
 	github.com/ava-labs/coreth v0.15.2-rc.0

go.sum

@@ -52,8 +52,6 @@ github.com/FactomProject/btcutilecc v0.0.0-20130527213604-d3a63a5752ec/go.mod h1
 github.com/Joker/hpp v1.0.0/go.mod h1:8x5n+M1Hp5hC0g8okX3sR3vFQwynaX/UgSOM9MeBKzY=
 github.com/Microsoft/go-winio v0.6.1 h1:9/kr64B9VUZrLm5YYwbGtUJnMgqWVOdUAXu6Migciow=
 github.com/Microsoft/go-winio v0.6.1/go.mod h1:LRdKpFKfdobln8UmuiYcKPot9D2v6svN5+sAH+4kjUM=
-github.com/NYTimes/gziphandler v1.1.1 h1:ZUDjpQae29j0ryrS0u/B8HZfJBtBQHjqw2rQ2cqUQ3I=
-github.com/NYTimes/gziphandler v1.1.1/go.mod h1:n/CVRwUEOgIxrgPvAQhUUr9oeUtvrhMomdKFjzJNB0c=
 github.com/Shopify/goreferrer v0.0.0-20181106222321-ec9c9a553398/go.mod h1:a1uqRtAwp2Xwc6WNPJEufxJ7fx3npB4UV/JOLmbu5I0=
 github.com/StephenButtolph/canoto v0.15.0 h1:3iGdyTSQZ7/y09WaJCe0O/HIi53ZyTrnmVzfCqt64mM=
 github.com/StephenButtolph/canoto v0.15.0/go.mod h1:IcnAHC6nJUfQFVR9y60ko2ecUqqHHSB6UwI9NnBFZnE=