Status
http
413 Content Too Large
Examples
File upload limit exceeded
The following example shows what the client may send when an <input type="file"> element includes an image on form submission with method="post":
http
POST /upload HTTP/1.1
Host: example.com
Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=----Boundary1234
Content-Length: 4012345
------Boundary1234
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="file"; filename="myImage.jpg"
Content-Type: image/jpeg
\xFF\xD8\xFF\xE0\x00...(binary data)
------Boundary1234--
The server may reject the upload if there is a restriction on the maximum size of files it will process, and the response body includes a message with some context:
http
HTTP/1.1 413 Content Too Large
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: 97
{
"error": "Upload failed",
"message": "Maximum allowed upload size is 4MB",
}
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| HTTP Semantics # status.413 |