How does Heroku limit the request size?

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I'm trying to submit a form with a file to Node+Express server. I set the bodyParser limit to 5M:

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

It works fine on local machine. However on Heroku I get "Request Entity Too Large" error for files larger than 1M.

How does Heroku put this limit and how it can be changed?

EDIT: The actual error is generated by the nginx and not the node app: enter image description here

I don't think they have a limit, per se, but you might try more I was wondering the same with wordpress on heroku. But now php.ini and wp-config.php are both set to 1000mb for max-file size and uploads and nginx.conf 'client_max_body_size 1000m;'. maybe there's another express property which heroku defaults unless you override? — irth, Nov 12 '14 at 06:01

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 27 '15 at 05:28

I forgot to post the resolution. The problem was only for that app. I tried to create a new app and it worked fine. So I think it was related to the specific server instance that the initial application was using. On another instance the problem didn't exist.

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:29

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You might need to re-order you configuration statements, see this answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/19965089/2942

edited May 23 '17 at 10:29

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answered Nov 15 '14 at 15:36

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I tried that already. The problem is that it works fine on local machine. It does not work only on Heroku. – grigy Nov 15 '14 at 17:26

How does Heroku limit the request size?

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