# TooLongFrameException: HTTP content length exceeded 104857600 bytes **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [January 26, 2013, 4:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/toolongframeexception-http-content-length-exceeded-104857600-bytes/10513 "2013-01-26T16:14:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![roytmana](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/roytmana/32/44855_2.png) [@roytmana](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/roytmana)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2013, 4:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/toolongframeexception-http-content-length-exceeded-104857600-bytes/10513/1 "2013-01-26T16:14:33Z")
Does ES has a limit on size of \_bulk POST? Looks like no more than 103M curl -XPOST -o Z:\projects\demo\elasticsearch\demo\out\output.json --data-binary @Z:\projects\demo\elasticsearch\demo\out\es-mods.txt [http://localhost:9200/\_bulk](http://localhost:9200/_bulk) % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current Upload Total Spent Left Speed 97 103M 0 0 97 100M 0 14.9M 0:00:06 0:00:06 --:--:-- 1569k curl: (55) Send failure: Connection was aborted org.elasticsearch.common.netty.handler.codec.frame.TooLongFrameException: HTTP content length exceeded 104857600 bytes. at org.elasticsearch.common.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpChunkAggregator.messageReceived(HttpChunkAggregator.java:167) at org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler.handleUpstream(SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler.java:70) at org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:560) at org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline$DefaultChannelHandlerContext.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:787) at org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.Channels.fireMessageReceived(Channels.java:296) at org.elasticsearch.common.netty.handler.codec.frame.FrameDecoder.unfoldAndFireMessageReceived(FrameDecoder.java:459) at org.elasticsearch.common.netty.handler.codec.replay.ReplayingDecoder.callDecode(ReplayingDecoder.java:536) -- ---
**Author:** ![jprante](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jprante/32/44941_2.png) [@jprante](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jprante)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2013, 4:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/toolongframeexception-http-content-length-exceeded-104857600-bytes/10513/2 "2013-01-26T16:29:54Z")
You must increase the http content length limit in http.max\_content\_length, default is 100MB Jörg Am 26.01.13 17:14, schrieb AlexR: > Does ES has a limit on size of \_bulk POST? Looks like no more than 103M > > curl -XPOST -o Z:\projects\demo\elasticsearch\demo\out\output.json > --data-binary @Z:\projects\demo\elasticsearch\demo\out\es-mods.txt > [http://localhost:9200/\_bulk](http://localhost:9200/_bulk) > % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time > Current Upload Total Spent Left Speed > 97 103M 0 0 97 100M 0 14.9M 0:00:06 0:00:06 > --:--:-- 1569k > curl: (55) Send failure: Connection was aborted > > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.handler.codec.frame.TooLongFrameException: > HTTP content length exceeded 104857600 bytes. > at > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpChunkAggregator.messageReceived(HttpChunkAggregator.java:167) > at > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler.handleUpstream(SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler.java:70) > at > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:560) > at > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline$DefaultChannelHandlerContext.sendUpstream(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:787) > at > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.channel.Channels.fireMessageReceived(Channels.java:296) > at > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.handler.codec.frame.FrameDecoder.unfoldAndFireMessageReceived(FrameDecoder.java:459) > at > org.elasticsearch.common.netty.handler.codec.replay.ReplayingDecoder.callDecode(ReplayingDecoder.java:536) > > -- -- ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 2:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/toolongframeexception-http-content-length-exceeded-104857600-bytes/10513/3 "2017-07-06T02:54:29Z")