When sending a file with a post request to dotcloud I get error: 413 Request Entity Too Large

Question

I've written a simple django app for dotcloud which is intended to manipulate files sent to it using a post request. I've tested this locally and it seems to work fine, however I've just deployed the app and testing it by posting a 1.7MB pdf file kicked up the following error:

413 Request Entity Too Large

What are the limits in size for a post request? I'm intending on sending files of this size and potentially larger - is there a better way / a way that will work without encountering an error?

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 26 '12 at 19:01

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This is a default limit for nginx.

Increase HTTP POST Max Size

By default, HTTP POST requests are limited to a body size of 1 MiB.

You can configure it using the following directive:
client_max_body_size 10m;
Note that our HTTP gateways enforce a limit of 100 MiB.

answered Apr 26 '12 at 19:01

Amber

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This isn't specific to DotCloud. It's the Nginx default. – Mark Lavin Apr 26 '12 at 19:03
@MarkLavin Updated to be more general then. :) – Amber Apr 26 '12 at 19:04
Awesome - totally didn't know about nginx before. Thank you so much. – user714852 Apr 26 '12 at 21:33

When sending a file with a post request to dotcloud I get error: 413 Request Entity Too Large

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Increase HTTP POST Max Size