Strapi Body-Parser File Size Settings - body-parser

Question

I am trying to upload a file to the Strapi API, but I keep getting an error that my file is too large. I want to send a 1mb file. Usually in Express/Koa I could change the body-parser settings like this:
app.use(bodyParser.json({limit: '50mb'}));
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({limit: '50mb', extended: true}));
But since Strapi is such a closed off system, I am not sure where to set or edit this.
All help and pointers are greatly appreciated! :)

Answer 1

You can change the setting in the parser middleware.
From the docs:
The library we use is koa-body, and itself uses the node-formidable library to process files.
You can pass configuration to the middleware directly by setting it in the parser middleware configuration
Locations:
./config/request.json (stable)
./config/environments/development/request.json (pre stable)
{
"parser": {
//Other settings
//...
//This is what you're looking for
"formidable": {
"maxFileSize": 20000000 // defaults to 200mb
}
}
}

Answer 2

In v3.x.x the settings are apparently now located in ./config/middleware.js
And it turns out that increasing the file size was not enough, you also have to make sure the formLimit and jsonLimit are also increased.
parser: {
//..
formLimit: '50mb', <--
jsonLimit: '50mb', <--
formidable: {
maxFileSize: 50 * 1024 * 1024, // 50MB
},
},