Node.js Express.js bodyParser POST limit

Question

I'm trying to set the limit option for bodyParser.urlencodedParser as my POST data is bigger than the default value. My code currently looks like the following but whatever i try i always receive the following error:

Error: request entity too large

var express = require('express');
var router = express.Router();
var jsonfile = require('jsonfile');
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');

var urlencodedParser = bodyParser.urlencoded({limit: '5mb'});

router.post('/data', urlencodedParser ,function(req, res) {


    if(typeof req.body.data === 'undefined')
    {
       console.log('Missing data');
       res.status(500).send({ error: 'Missing Data Parameters' });
       return;
    }

    // Static return value
    var output = [ 
        {"f" : "1"},
        {"f" : "2"},
        {"f" : "3"}
    ];

    res.send(output);
}

Any help greatly appreciated.

did you try making the limit bigger? – MoLow Aug 12 '15 at 13:50 — MoLow, Aug 12 '15 at 13:50
yes i've tried 50mb but still get the error – scgy Aug 13 '15 at 12:42 — scgy, Aug 13 '15 at 12:42

IMDWPD · Answer 1 · 2017-01-30T06:51:30.847

I also experienced same error with this (using MEAN.js), have tried to put the limit on the express configuration (as answered in others thread) but still with no luck with that.

I figured out that sometimes the problem is not only the limit, if you've passed lot of parameter you need to set the parameter limit as well.

I've successfully fixed the problem by also set the parameter limit as below:

var bodyParser = require('body-parser');

 app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({
    parameterLimit: 100000,
    limit: '50mb',
    extended: true
  }));

the default value for parameter limit is 1000.

Source from body-parser: https://github.com/expressjs/body-parser#parameterlimit

score 20 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 25 '16 at 00:41

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I was having trouble sending image data over ajax and getting 'Error: request entity too large', managed to solve it by adding

app.use(bodyParser.json({limit: '50mb', type: 'application/json'}));

but the most important part was to make sure that i called

app.use(bodyParser());

after i set the limit, hope this helps!!

answered Jul 25 '16 at 00:41

Matt

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Now in 2019, this generates an error: `deprecated body-parser: use individual json/urlencoded middlewares` – redOctober13 Jul 02 '19 at 19:12
@redOctober13 That's a warning instead of an error. Typically, deprecations will only throw a warning, not an error so updates will still support legacy implementations. It should still work, but if you can implement the new functionality, you should. – Sintrias Mar 23 '22 at 23:46

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