I get 413 Request Entity Too Large when uploading video file to Amazon S3

Question

While uploading a video file to Amazon S3, the file hits 100% in uploading, then i get the response 413 Request Entity Too Large. How do i fix this so that i can upload video files to Amazon S3?

Im using Nodejs, Express, Heroku, Cloudflare and Amazon S3.

score 7 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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What is your webserver nginx,apache ..etc ?

For nginx, you need to find the nginx.conf file.It should be in the

/etc/nginx/nginx.conf

open up with vi or nano

vi /etc/nginx/nginx.conf

find the client_max_body_size 2M

client_max_body_size 2M

you can edit this end done. M = Megabyte G = Gigabyte

if that doesnt work you need to change php.ini for that to work

This sets the maximum amount of memory in bytes that a script is allowed to allocate

memory_limit = 32M

The maximum size of an uploaded file.

upload_max_filesize = 2M

Sets max size of post data allowed. This setting also affects file upload. To upload large files, this value must be larger than upload_max_filesize

post_max_size = 3M

UPDATED FOR HEROKU

if you are using Express v4+ you can use

app.use(bodyParser({limit: '5mb'}));

but make sure this line is above

app.use(bodyParser.json());

otherwise it will not work

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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answered Aug 03 '17 at 14:06

Mehmetali Saraç

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I have -> app.use(bodyParser({limit: '5000mb'})); app.use(bodyParser.json()); app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: false })); But its still the same error – Jan Egil Aug 03 '17 at 14:21
The video im uploading is 1.75GB – Jan Egil Aug 03 '17 at 14:22
I dont get it , control the heroku settings that I really dont know.But if that doesnt work , only try '10gb' for '5000mb' – Mehmetali Saraç Aug 03 '17 at 14:29
I found this on the internet . Check it.Hope it would be helpful.https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/carrierwave/QpAQMUAo9NY – Mehmetali Saraç Aug 03 '17 at 14:32
`upload_max_filesize` and `upload_max_filesize` are PHP settings – Gianfranco P. Apr 25 '18 at 08:42

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 04 '18 at 19:18

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Since you mentioned Cloudflare, that is likely the culprit. They enforce a maximum upload size of 100MB for their free plan. Since you’re using AWS S3, you can generate pre-signed URLs and upload directly to your S3 bucket instead of going through your server.

answered Aug 04 '18 at 19:18

ezekg

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Wow, thanks for that. I've been puzzled why my large uploads would not pass, I would have never suspected Cloudflare – Overdrivr Jan 18 '19 at 15:12

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 03 '17 at 14:11

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I use free Heroku server, not sure what webserver they use.. And also i have free cloudflare account witch im trying to pause for this application, but with no success.

answered Aug 03 '17 at 14:11

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