Error: Request body larger than maxBodyLength limit when sending base64 post request Axios

Question

When sending a post request with a Base64 encoded pdf as the body i recieve the error

Error: Request body larger than maxBodyLength limit

I have tried setting both of the following

'maxContentLength': Infinity, 'maxBodyLength': Infinity

in the request config

const result = await axios({
            url: `the url`,
            headers: {'Authorization': `Bearer ${auth_token}`, 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
            method: 'post',
            data: {
                'ParentId': record_id,
                'Name': file_name,
                'body': body,
                'Description': description ? description : "",
                'maxContentLength': Infinity,
                'maxBodyLength': Infinity
            }
        });

Does anyone have a workaround?

score 72 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 03 '19 at 10:41

72

You are setting

'maxContentLength': Infinity,
'maxBodyLength': Infinity

In your data object. It should be inside the config object, outside the data object.

answered Jul 03 '19 at 10:41

Aritra Chakraborty

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Indeed!! Thank you for pointing that out! Working as expected now. – user1781563 Jul 03 '19 at 10:44

score 45 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 27 '20 at 11:59

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That is what worked for me:

axios({
    method: 'post',
    url: posturl,
    data: formData,
    maxContentLength: Infinity,
    maxBodyLength: Infinity,
    headers: {'Content-Type': 'multipart/form-data;boundary=' + formData.getBoundary()}
})

edited Aug 27 '20 at 11:59

Oli Folkerd

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answered Aug 27 '20 at 07:22

Sumith Ekanayake

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score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 20 '22 at 10:50

If you want to set the maxContentLength and maxBodyLength only one time for all axios calls you can register an interceptor. Add this code before all your axios calls and you body size problems are gone.

axios.interceptors.request.use(request => {
    request.maxContentLength = Infinity;
    request.maxBodyLength = Infinity;
    return request;
})

Error: Request body larger than maxBodyLength limit when sending base64 post request Axios

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