=== modified file 'dhis-2/dhis-web/dhis-web-api/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/webapi/controller/event/EventController.java'
--- dhis-2/dhis-web/dhis-web-api/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/webapi/controller/event/EventController.java	2014-10-23 16:53:04 +0000
+++ dhis-2/dhis-web/dhis-web-api/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/webapi/controller/event/EventController.java	2014-11-17 07:37:00 +0000
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
 import org.springframework.security.access.prepost.PreAuthorize;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
 import org.springframework.ui.Model;
+import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PathVariable;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;
@@ -76,11 +77,14 @@
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream;
+import java.util.zip.GZIPOutputStream;
 
 /**
  * @author Morten Olav Hansen <mortenoh@gmail.com>
@@ -128,7 +132,7 @@
     // READ
     // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-    @RequestMapping( value = "", method = RequestMethod.GET, produces = { "application/csv", "text/csv" } )
+    @RequestMapping( value = "", method = RequestMethod.GET, produces = { "application/csv", "application/csv+gzip", "text/csv" } )
     @PreAuthorize( "hasRole('ALL') or hasRole('F_TRACKED_ENTITY_DATAVALUE_ADD')" )
     public void getCsvEvents(
         @RequestParam( required = false ) String program,
@@ -141,6 +145,7 @@
         @RequestParam( required = false ) @DateTimeFormat( pattern = "yyyy-MM-dd" ) Date startDate,
         @RequestParam( required = false ) @DateTimeFormat( pattern = "yyyy-MM-dd" ) Date endDate,
         @RequestParam( required = false ) EventStatus status,
+        @RequestParam( required = false ) String attachment,
         @RequestParam( required = false, defaultValue = "false" ) boolean skipHeader,
         @RequestParam Map<String, String> parameters, Model model, HttpServletResponse response, HttpServletRequest request ) throws IOException
     {
@@ -200,7 +205,14 @@
             events.setEvents( PagerUtils.pageCollection( events.getEvents(), pager ) );
         }
 
-        csvEventService.writeEvents( response.getOutputStream(), events, !skipHeader );
+        OutputStream outputStream = isGzip( request ) ? new GZIPOutputStream( response.getOutputStream() ) : response.getOutputStream();
+
+        if ( !StringUtils.isEmpty( attachment ) )
+        {
+            response.addHeader( "Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=" + attachment );
+        }
+
+        csvEventService.writeEvents( outputStream, events, !skipHeader );
         response.getOutputStream().flush();
         response.getOutputStream().close();
     }
@@ -219,6 +231,7 @@
         @RequestParam( required = false ) @DateTimeFormat( pattern = "yyyy-MM-dd" ) Date endDate,
         @RequestParam( required = false ) EventStatus status,
         @RequestParam( required = false ) boolean skipMeta,
+        @RequestParam( required = false ) String attachment,
         @RequestParam Map<String, String> parameters, Model model, HttpServletResponse response, HttpServletRequest request )
     {
         WebOptions options = new WebOptions( parameters );
@@ -293,6 +306,11 @@
         model.addAttribute( "model", events );
         model.addAttribute( "viewClass", options.getViewClass( "detailed" ) );
 
+        if ( !StringUtils.isEmpty( attachment ) )
+        {
+            response.addHeader( "Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=" + attachment );
+        }
+
         return "events";
     }
 
@@ -496,7 +514,9 @@
         @RequestParam( required = false, defaultValue = "false" ) boolean skipFirst,
         HttpServletResponse response, HttpServletRequest request, ImportOptions importOptions ) throws IOException
     {
-        Events events = csvEventService.readEvents( request.getInputStream(), skipFirst );
+        InputStream inputStream = isGzip( request ) ? new GZIPInputStream( request.getInputStream() ) : request.getInputStream();
+
+        Events events = csvEventService.readEvents( inputStream, skipFirst );
 
         if ( !importOptions.isAsync() )
         {
@@ -639,4 +659,11 @@
         response.setStatus( HttpServletResponse.SC_NO_CONTENT );
         eventService.deleteEvent( event );
     }
+
+    private boolean isGzip( HttpServletRequest request )
+    {
+        return request != null && (
+            (request.getPathInfo() != null && request.getPathInfo().endsWith( ".gz" ))
+                || (request.getHeader( "Accept" ) != null && request.getHeader( "Accept" ).contains( "application/csv+gzip" )));
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file

=== modified file 'dhis-2/dhis-web/dhis-web-api/src/main/resources/META-INF/dhis/servlet.xml'
--- dhis-2/dhis-web/dhis-web-api/src/main/resources/META-INF/dhis/servlet.xml	2014-10-21 06:26:27 +0000
+++ dhis-2/dhis-web/dhis-web-api/src/main/resources/META-INF/dhis/servlet.xml	2014-11-17 07:37:00 +0000
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
         <entry key="pdf" value="application/pdf" />
         <entry key="xls" value="application/vnd.ms-excel" />
         <entry key="csv" value="application/csv" />
+        <entry key="csv.gz" value="application/csv+gzip" />
         <entry key="geojson" value="application/json+geojson" />
       </map>
     </constructor-arg>