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Asked: May 26, 20262026-05-26T07:27:26+00:00 2026-05-26T07:27:26+00:00

I have a FileReference that is being uploaded. But before upload, I call the

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I have a FileReference that is being uploaded. But before upload, I call the compress() method on the ByteArray of the FileReference i.e. fileReference.data.compress().

But I observe that the uploaded file is the raw file and not the compressed file.

Is this a Flex bug or expected behavior? The data field in the FileReference is read-only. Does that come into play?

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    2026-05-26T07:27:26+00:00Added an answer on May 26, 2026 at 7:27 am

    Yes. That comes into play. You would have to load a non-FileReference ByteArray in memory, compress it and then send it as a simple multipart-formdata upload. Or in other words, you would have to do what FileReference does for free to add gzip compression support

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