ASP.NET Core 2.0 MVC file upload size limit

Question

I'm having trouble with uploading large files in a ASP.NET Core 2.0 MVC web app.

I have seen articles, such as this one, which shows how to increase the file size limit in .NET Core 2.0:

Increase upload request length limit in Kestrel

So, following the example I have tried both options. I currently have this in my Program.cs:

public static IWebHost BuildWebHost(string[] args) =>
        WebHost.CreateDefaultBuilder(args)
            .UseStartup<Startup>()
            .UseKestrel(options => options.Limits.MaxRequestBodySize = null)
            .Build();

And my Ajax file upload method on the controller looks like this:

    [HttpPost]
    [RequestSizeLimit(1_074_790_400)]
    [Route("api/article/uploadfile/{mediaType}")]
    public async Task<IActionResult> UploadFile(string mediaType)

I'm access the uploaded files using Request.Form.Files

The Javascript on the view looks like this:

$('#upload-videos').change(function () {
    var files = $("#upload-videos").get(0).files;
    uploadMedia(false, files);
})

function uploadMedia(isPhoto, files) {
    var type;
    if (isPhoto) {
        type = "i";
    }
    else {
        type = "v";
    }

    var data = new FormData();
    if (files.length > 0) {
        for (idx = 0; idx < files.length; idx++) {
                data.append("fileImage" + idx, files[idx]);
        }

        $.ajax({
            url: "/api/article/uploadfile/" + type,
            type: "POST",
            processData: false,
            contentType: false,
            dataType: false,
            data: data,
            success: function (jsonData) {
                refreshUploadedImages(jsonData, isPhoto);
            }
        });
    }
}

The problem is, even with the changes to increase the upload limit in place, I am get the response:

Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 500 ()

If I put a break-point on the first line of the controller method it never hits it so it doesn't appear to be a problem with this code.

Everything works fine with small files size but when I try to upload a file which is 538,286 KB in size it will fail.

Can anyone help with this?

Update: for further information, the problem seems to occur when the upload file size is somewhere between 122,211 KB and 137,840 KB regardless of any RequestSizeLimit settings, and it errors consistently.

Update 2: I've just updated all ASP.NET Core and all ASP.NET Core nuget packages to 2.1, but the problem still exists.

There should be a 413 and not 500 if the web server cannot handle the file because it is too big. — Andreas
– Andreas, Commented Jun 2, 2018 at 9:07
@Andreas Yes, this has lead me to believe that the file size is not the problem. However, it still only occurs on large files. — Slade
– Slade, Commented Jun 2, 2018 at 9:20

marc_s · Accepted Answer · 2024-12-21 11:38:11Z

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To help anyone else with the same problem I have found the answer here:

Max upload size for ASP.NET Core MVC website

It turns out that you need to remove the body length limit like this:

services.Configure<FormOptions>(x => x.MultipartBodyLengthLimit = 1_074_790_400);

FormOptions can be found in the Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Features namespace.

edited Dec 21, 2024 at 11:38

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answered Jun 2, 2018 at 21:27

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3 Comments

jAC Over a year ago

Is the MaxRequestBodySize to be set separately?

Slade Over a year ago

Yes, you will still need to set this if you want to allow large downloads

Ahmad Over a year ago

@Slade what else you did with it because its not working for me :/

Pericles Radael · Accepted Answer · 2019-11-19 13:35:17Z

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To solve this problem you can use this code below instead

[DisableRequestSizeLimit]

edited Nov 19, 2019 at 13:35

answered Apr 23, 2019 at 17:42

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