# Query to determine http.max\_content\_length prior to sending?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-to-determine-http-max-content-length-prior-to-sending/310803>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 27, 2022, 9:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-to-determine-http-max-content-length-prior-to-sending/310803 "2022-07-27T21:06:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![matty\_r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@matty\_r](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/matty_r)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 9:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-to-determine-http-max-content-length-prior-to-sending/310803/1 "2022-07-27T21:06:19Z")

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Hi all,

Is there a query to return the http.max\_content\_length prior to sending data?

Cheers

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 11:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-to-determine-http-max-content-length-prior-to-sending/310803/2 "2022-07-27T23:52:18Z")

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I thought it might be in `GET _cluster/settings`, but it's not that I can see.

I am not sure if there's any endpoint that would expose this unless you set it via a `POST _cluster/settings`, that is, it's then not stored in a config file.

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**Author:** ![matty\_r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@matty\_r](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/matty_r)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 12:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-to-determine-http-max-content-length-prior-to-sending/310803/3 "2022-07-28T00:05:39Z")

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I found the same as well. Is anything returned as part of 413 that would indicate the maximum size?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 12:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-to-determine-http-max-content-length-prior-to-sending/310803/4 "2022-07-28T00:15:24Z")

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I don't know off the top of my head sorry, but you could easily check if you've got a large file you could send through.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 12:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-to-determine-http-max-content-length-prior-to-sending/310803/5 "2022-08-25T00:15:40Z")

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