How to change the default configuration of Sails JS middleware

Question

I am trying to alter the settings of a Sails JS app and am having a bit of bother passing a parameter to the body-Parser in order to change the default settings.

I previously had the issue described here: Posting larger files

I believe this problem has been answered correctly by changing the default 'limit' option, as a 100kb default size minus the 33% overhead from the formData object is pretty consistent with what size of file I can/can't send. So the solution proposed was this:

var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
...
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded( { limit: 1048576 } )); 

but am unable to implement the solution in my Sails app. I have read through the Sails Documentation on changing the middleware settings, and tried the following in my config/http.js file...

First attempt - wrapper

/**
 * HTTP Server Settings
 * (sails.config.http)
 */

module.exports.http = {

middleware: {

  order: [
   'startRequestTimer',
   'cookieParser',
   'session',
   'refreshSessionCookie',
   'bodyParserInit',
   'bodyParser',
   'handleBodyParserError',
   'compress',
   'methodOverride',
   'poweredBy',
   '$custom',
   'requestLogger',
   'router',
   'www',
   'favicon',
   '404',
   '500'
  ],

   bodyParserInit   : (function (){
     let bodyParser = require('body-parser');

     return bodyParser( { extended: true, limit: 1073741824 } )
   })(),

  )
},

// cache: 31557600000

};

Second attempt - overwrite

/**
 * HTTP Server Settings
 * (sails.config.http)
 */

module.exports.http = {

middleware: {

  order: [
   'startRequestTimer',
   'cookieParser',
   'session',
   'refreshSessionCookie',
   //'bodyParserInit',
   'bodyParser',
   'handleBodyParserError',
   'compress',
   'methodOverride',
   'poweredBy',
   '$custom',
   'requestLogger',
   'router',
   'www',
   'favicon',
   '404',
   '500'
  ],

   bodyParser: (function _configureBodyParser(){
      let skipper = require('skipper');
      let middlewareFn = skipper({
          limit: 1073741824,
      });
      return middlewareFn;
   })(),

  )
},

// cache: 31557600000

};

However, neither attempt solved my issue as the limit still appears to be set 100kb regardless of anything I've done. How do I implement this correctly, so that the body parser accepts files of up to 50kb? I presume either I am not configuring this correctly or something else is overwriting what I've done.

EDIT: I'm using Sails version > 12.0.X

Tentative

Did you take a look at Skipper's FAQ? github.com/balderdashy/… – Izzard

Yes, it suggests something similar to what I've tried. – Tentative

Answer 1

If you are using Sails > v0.12.x:

    module.exports.http = {

      middleware: {
          // ... options
          bodyParser: require('skipper')({ limit: 1073741824 })
      }

    };

For sails < v0.12.x:

    module.exports.http = {

        middleware: {
            order: [
                // ... options
                // 'bodyParser', <- remove bodyParser
                'skipper', // <-- add skipper
            ],
            skipper: require('skipper')({ limit: 1073741824 })
        }

    };

Here's the link to the documentation.

Seigler

thanks for your response. I have read the documentation, and your answer is very similar to my second attempt. I've tried again as you have written it and it hasn't worked, I am still only able to upload files under 100kb. – Tentative

Answer 2

Just wondering if you have looked at this Sails GitHubIssue

Seems very much related and from what it seems few people have made it work.

Practice

Hi, thanks for your answer. I have looked at this, and tried various solutions posted on that thread, but none of the above appear to be working for me. I did manage to replicate some of their errors, but nothing worked as expected. – Tentative