Hi,

Great API, we use it heavily. Thank you.

The equivalent Java API influxdb-java, which I also use, allows gzip compression to be explicitly enabled when setting up a connection, e.g.

final javaInfluxClient = InfluxDBFactory.connect(SERVER, USERNAME, PASSWORD);
javaInfluxClient.enableGzip();
// ...etc

Perhaps this is enabled by default in influxdb-python, however I cannot find any reference to gzip compression. Perhaps I am looking in the wrong place.

This would be very useful to allow a reduction in bandwidth for IoT devices with very small data tariffs.

Would it be possible to add this? I'm happy to have a go at writing a patch for this but would like to get some feedback from the maintainers first.

Thank you, Phil.