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Request Entity Too Large
Type https://defra.github.io/digital-waste-tracking-api-site/preview/problems/request-entity-too-large
Title Request Entity Too Large
Status 413

The request body is bigger than the maximum size allowed, so it was not processed.

When this happens

The request body is larger than 1 MB (1,048,576 bytes).

Example

{
  "type": "https://defra.github.io/digital-waste-tracking-api-site/preview/problems/request-entity-too-large",
  "title": "Request Entity Too Large",
  "detail": "Payload content length greater than maximum allowed: 1048576",
  "instance": "/beta-1/receipts",
  "requestId": "4f6c1f0e9a3b4c2d8e7f6a5b4c3d2e1f"
}

How to fix it

  • Split the data across several smaller requests.
  • Remove fields that are not needed. Fields the endpoint does not accept will be rejected anyway, see bad-request.