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Nest.js - request entity too large PayloadTooLargeError: request entity too large


I'm trying to save a JSON into a Nest.js server but the server crash when I try to do it, and this is the issue that I'm seeing on the console.log:

[Nest] 1976 - 2018-10-12 09:52:04 [ExceptionsHandler] request entity too large PayloadTooLargeError: request entity too large

One thing is the size of the JSON request is 1095922 bytes, Does any one know How in Nest.js increase the size of a valid request? Thanks!


Solution

  • I found the solution, since this issue is related to express (Nest.js uses express behind scene) I found a solution in this thread Error: request entity too large, What I did was to modify the main.ts file add the body-parser dependency and add some new configuration to increase the size of the JSON request, then I use the app instance available in the file to apply those changes.

    import { NestFactory } from '@nestjs/core';
    import * as bodyParser from 'body-parser';
    
    import { AppModule } from './app.module';
    
    async function bootstrap() {
      const app = await NestFactory.create(AppModule);
      app.useStaticAssets(`${__dirname}/public`);
      // the next two lines did the trick
      app.use(bodyParser.json({limit: '50mb'}));
      app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({limit: '50mb', extended: true}));
      app.enableCors();
      await app.listen(3001);
    }
    bootstrap();