diff --git a/rack-async-http-falcon-gzip/Gemfile b/rack-async-http-falcon-gzip/Gemfile
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+source "https://rubygems.org"
+
+gem "rack"
+gem "falcon"
+gem "async-http"
diff --git a/rack-async-http-falcon-gzip/Gemfile.lock b/rack-async-http-falcon-gzip/Gemfile.lock
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+GEM
+  remote: https://rubygems.org/
+  specs:
+    async (1.29.0)
+      console (~> 1.10)
+      nio4r (~> 2.3)
+      timers (~> 4.1)
+    async-container (0.16.8)
+      async (~> 1.0)
+      async-io (~> 1.26)
+    async-http (0.56.1)
+      async (~> 1.25)
+      async-io (~> 1.28)
+      async-pool (~> 0.2)
+      protocol-http (~> 0.22.0)
+      protocol-http1 (~> 0.14.0)
+      protocol-http2 (~> 0.14.0)
+    async-http-cache (0.4.0)
+      async-http (~> 0.56)
+    async-io (1.30.2)
+      async (~> 1.14)
+    async-pool (0.3.5)
+      async (~> 1.25)
+    build-environment (1.13.0)
+    console (1.11.1)
+      fiber-local
+    falcon (0.38.0)
+      async (~> 1.13)
+      async-container (~> 0.16.0)
+      async-http (~> 0.56.0)
+      async-http-cache (~> 0.4.0)
+      async-io (~> 1.22)
+      build-environment (~> 1.13)
+      bundler
+      localhost (~> 1.1)
+      process-metrics (~> 0.2.0)
+      rack (>= 1.0)
+      samovar (~> 2.1)
+    fiber-local (1.0.0)
+    localhost (1.1.7)
+    mapping (1.1.1)
+    nio4r (2.5.7)
+    process-metrics (0.2.1)
+      console (~> 1.8)
+      samovar (~> 2.1)
+    protocol-hpack (1.4.2)
+    protocol-http (0.22.0)
+    protocol-http1 (0.14.0)
+      protocol-http (~> 0.22)
+    protocol-http2 (0.14.2)
+      protocol-hpack (~> 1.4)
+      protocol-http (~> 0.18)
+    rack (2.2.3)
+    samovar (2.1.4)
+      console (~> 1.0)
+      mapping (~> 1.0)
+    timers (4.3.3)
+
+PLATFORMS
+  ruby
+
+DEPENDENCIES
+  async-http
+  falcon
+  rack
+
+BUNDLED WITH
+   2.1.4
diff --git a/rack-async-http-falcon-gzip/README.md b/rack-async-http-falcon-gzip/README.md
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+Example app using:
+  * rack
+  * falcon
+  * async-http
+
+Notes:
+  * Demo how to use `Accept-Encoding: gzip`
+
+ Running:
+
+    falcon serve --count 1
diff --git a/rack-async-http-falcon-gzip/app.rb b/rack-async-http-falcon-gzip/app.rb
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+require "async"
+require "async/http/internet"
+
+class App
+  def self.call(env)
+    internet = Async::HTTP::Internet.new
+    url = "http://httpbin.org/gzip"
+
+    # headers can be a hash...
+    headers = {
+      "accept-encoding" => "gzip",
+      "user-agent" => "example",
+    }
+
+    # ...or an array...
+    headers = [
+      ["accept-encoding", "gzip"],
+      ["user-agent", "example"],
+    ]
+
+    response = internet.get(url, headers)
+    body = JSON.parse(response.read)
+
+    [200, {}, [body.to_json]]
+  end
+end
diff --git a/rack-async-http-falcon-gzip/config.ru b/rack-async-http-falcon-gzip/config.ru
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+require "rubygems"
+require "bundler"
+Bundler.require
+
+require_relative "app"
+
+run App