Gzip JSON response at location

gistfile1.nginxconf

server {
    # ...
    
    location /api/ {
        uwsgi_pass unix:///var/run/uwsgi/app/project/socket;
        include uwsgi_params;
        
        uwsgi_buffers 8 128k;
        client_max_body_size 10M;
        
        gzip on;
        gzip_comp_level 8;
        gzip_min_length 1000;
        gzip_types text/plain application/json;
    	gzip_proxied expired no-cache no-store private auth;
    }
    
    location / {
        # ...
    }
}