refactor: Add compression to the 2 largest LF calls (#7200)

* add compression to largest calls

* add to the flows call too

* [autofix.ci] apply automated fixes

* [autofix.ci] apply automated fixes (attempt 2/3)

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src/backend/base/langflow/api/v1/endpoints.py

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ from langflow.services.database.models.user.model import User, UserRead
 from langflow.services.deps import get_session_service, get_settings_service, get_telemetry_service
 from langflow.services.settings.feature_flags import FEATURE_FLAGS
 from langflow.services.telemetry.schema import RunPayload
+from langflow.utils.compression import compress_response
 from langflow.utils.version import get_version_info
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -58,10 +59,16 @@ router = APIRouter(tags=["Base"])
 
 @router.get("/all", dependencies=[Depends(get_current_active_user)])
 async def get_all():
+    """Retrieve all component types with compression for better performance.
+
+    Returns a compressed response containing all available component types.
+    """
     from langflow.interface.components import get_and_cache_all_types_dict
 
     try:
-        return await get_and_cache_all_types_dict(settings_service=get_settings_service())
+        all_types = await get_and_cache_all_types_dict(settings_service=get_settings_service())
+        # Return compressed response using our utility function
+        return compress_response(all_types)
 
     except Exception as exc:
         raise HTTPException(status_code=500, detail=str(exc)) from exc

src/backend/base/langflow/api/v1/flows.py

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ from langflow.services.database.models.folder.constants import DEFAULT_FOLDER_NA
 from langflow.services.database.models.folder.model import Folder
 from langflow.services.deps import get_settings_service
 from langflow.services.settings.service import SettingsService
+from langflow.utils.compression import compress_response
 
 # build router
 router = APIRouter(prefix="/flows", tags=["Flows"])
@@ -238,8 +239,12 @@ async def read_flows(
             if remove_example_flows and starter_folder_id:
                 flows = [flow for flow in flows if flow.folder_id != starter_folder_id]
             if header_flows:
-                return [FlowHeader.model_validate(flow, from_attributes=True) for flow in flows]
-            return flows
+                # Convert to FlowHeader objects and compress the response
+                flow_headers = [FlowHeader.model_validate(flow, from_attributes=True) for flow in flows]
+                return compress_response(flow_headers)
+
+            # Compress the full flows response
+            return compress_response(flows)
 
         stmt = stmt.where(Flow.folder_id == folder_id)
         return await paginate(session, stmt, params=params)
@@ -538,7 +543,10 @@ async def read_basic_examples(
             return []
 
         # Get all flows in the starter folder
-        return (await session.exec(select(Flow).where(Flow.folder_id == starter_folder.id))).all()
+        flows = (await session.exec(select(Flow).where(Flow.folder_id == starter_folder.id))).all()
+
+        # Return compressed response using our utility function
+        return compress_response(flows)
 
     except Exception as e:
         raise HTTPException(status_code=500, detail=str(e)) from e

src/backend/base/langflow/utils/compression.py

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import gzip
+import json
+from typing import Any
+
+from fastapi import Response
+from fastapi.encoders import jsonable_encoder
+
+
+def compress_response(data: Any) -> Response:
+    """Compress data and return it as a FastAPI Response with appropriate headers."""
+    json_data = json.dumps(jsonable_encoder(data)).encode("utf-8")
+
+    compressed_data = gzip.compress(json_data, compresslevel=6)
+
+    return Response(
+        content=compressed_data,
+        media_type="application/json",
+        headers={"Content-Encoding": "gzip", "Vary": "Accept-Encoding", "Content-Length": str(len(compressed_data))},
+    )