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

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?

Solution

  • 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.