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Pode PowerShell

A PowerShell snippet for Pode that answers requests for /pixel.gif with the empty GIF, decoded once at startup.

Pode PowerShell

Install
Install-Module -Name Pode
File
server.ps1
Run
pwsh ./server.ps1
Import-Module Pode

Start-PodeServer {
    Add-PodeEndpoint -Address * -Port 8080 -Protocol Http
    Set-PodeState -Name 'Gif' -Value ([Convert]::FromBase64String('R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==')) | Out-Null

    Add-PodeRoute -Method Get -Path '/pixel.gif' -ScriptBlock {
        Set-PodeHeader -Name 'Cache-Control' -Value 'no-store'
        # Pode appends '; charset=utf-8' to the type; browsers ignore it for images.
        Write-PodeTextResponse -Bytes (Get-PodeState -Name 'Gif') -ContentType 'image/gif'
    }
}

We ran this snippet and compared the bytes it returned.

Check it

curl -sI http://localhost:8080/pixel.gif

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