Limit a form post size with Apache / Django

Question

I have Django running a webapp under Apache2, part of that webapp accepts images posted to a url in Django:

http://mysite/upload

I would like to find a way to set apache to not allow files over 1MB to be posted - ideally showing a custom error. I can't find this in the docs, any ideas?

Solution

I believe you should be able to do this with Apache's LimitRequestBody method.

The LimitRequestBody directive allows the user to set a limit on the allowed size of an HTTP request message body within the context in which the directive is given

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If, for example, you are permitting file upload to a particular location, and wish to limit the size of the uploaded file to 100K, you might use the following directive:

LimitRequestBody 102400 

Comments

[Tomasz Zieliński]

The problem is that browsers don't play well with LimitRequestBody. I've experienced weird problems when using it. EDIT: I've just found the detailed lecture on this by Graham Dumpleton: mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg101549.htm‌​l