I am running an ASP.NET Core web app and want to upload large files.
I know that when running IIS, the limits can be changed via web.config
:
<httpRuntime maxRequestLength="1048576" />
...
<requestLimits maxAllowedContentLength="1073741824" />
How can you do the equivalent while running the new ASP.NET Core Kestrel web server?
I get the exception "Request body too large."
I found this helpful announcement that confirms there is a 28.6 MB body size limit starting with ASP.NET Core 2.0, but more importantly shows how to get around it!
To summarize:
For a single controller or action, use the [DisableRequestSizeLimit]
attribute to have no limit, or the [RequestSizeLimit(100_000_000)]
to specify a custom limit.
To change it globally, inside of the BuildWebHost()
method, inside the Program.cs
file, add the .UseKestrel
option below:
WebHost.CreateDefaultBuilder(args)
.UseStartup<Startup>()
.UseKestrel(options =>
{
options.Limits.MaxRequestBodySize = null;
}
For additional clarity, you can also refer to the Kestrel options documentation.