Form too Large Exception

Question

When I send a large file using a post request the system shows an exception:

java.lang.IllegalStateException: Form too large1105723>200000
at org.mortbay.jetty.Request.extractParameters(Request.java:1404)
at org.mortbay.jetty.Request.getParameter(Request.java:749)......

When I search help for this in Google they give some help e.g., webappcontext.setMaxFormContentSize(5000000);

I am using this code but the problem is not solved

Also I am using the code jettyServer.setAttribute("org.mortbay.jetty.Request.maxFormContentSize", 5000000);

But no result

Note:-I am using Jetty-6.1.0

Cathycathyleen

Answer 1

Try setting System properties via jetty.xml

    <Call class="java.lang.System" name="setProperty">
      <Arg>org.mortbay.jetty.Request.maxFormContentSize</Arg>
      <Arg>500000</Arg>
    </Call>

ok you can configure it from your web app

Add WEB-INF/jetty-web.xml file in your web application and configure the parameter in that file:

  <?xml version="1.0"?>
  <!DOCTYPE Configure PUBLIC "-//Mort Bay Consulting//DTD Configure//EN"
  "http://jetty.mortbay.org/configure.dtd">

  <Configure id="WebAppContext" class="org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext">
          <Set name="maxFormContentSize" type="int">600000</Set>
  </Configure>

Document

Version 7 or Higher

Since version 7, Jetty's classes have moved to a different package. You must replace org.mortbay... with org.eclipse... (Thanks to David for his comment).

Annettaannette

Thanks For Writing Code But Their Is One Big Problem i.e We Doesn't Maintains The Server please Tell me Their is Another way To Do This – Cathycathyleen

@Narendra nnvd you deploy your app using maven plugin ? – Annettaannette

I am Using The Server It Has Been Already Setuped We Doesn't Change the Xml File. – Cathycathyleen

Is Their Anyway To Do This Other Xml Files ? We Cann't Edit Jetty Xml Files Please Understand My Problem – Cathycathyleen

@Narendra nnvd No its just you need to add a config file in your web app , you won't touch the actual jetty's config file – Annettaannette

Do i need to create jetty-web.xml file or need add it in web.xml file and will work without doing any extract modifications? – Cathycathyleen

@Narendra nnvd you need to add a new file check the documentation given – Annettaannette

creating document with file name jetty-web.xml by using above code what ever you show and it places in Webapp/WEB-INF/ folder in my project. when i restart the my project.Still I got a exception – Cathycathyleen

@Narendra nnvd it should work recheck it also check this doc wiki.eclipse.org/Jetty/Reference/jetty-web.xml – Annettaannette

my problem is solved my setting of "webappcontext.getServletContext().getContextHandler() .setMaxFormContentSize(10000000);" – Cathycathyleen

@Narendra nnvd Thanks for sharing :) it took too long time but its good you have updated here :) – Annettaannette

In maven jetty plugin: <webAppConfig> <maxFormContentSize>500000</maxFormContentSize> </webAppConfig> – Shirberg

Answer 2

import org.mortbay.jetty.Server;
//... other code here...//
int port = 8080;
Server server = new Server(port);
server.setAttribute("org.mortbay.jetty.Request.maxFormContentSize", -1);

This code works on jetty 6.0.2 which I'm using.
The size of "-1" means the form has no limit I tryed to post a form large 20,000,000 bytes and I had no problem.
For eclipse releases of Jetty(jetty 7) you have to use the following code:

import org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server;
//... other code here...//
int port = 8080;
Server server = new Server(port);
server.setAttribute("org.eclipse.jetty.server.Request.maxFormContentSize", -1);

Baro

Is that right ? On my environment, to configure "-1" let jetty server to limit uploaded file size. Perhaps, it's up to the version of jetty application server. – Neidaneidhardt

Answer 3

Unfortunately, I'm not able to make any changes to jetty.xml, so instead I simply set some options to adjust the maxFormContentSize like so:

JVM_OPTS="$JVM_OPTS -Dorg.eclipse.jetty.server.Request.maxFormContentSize=5000000"

This exists in the shell script that we use to launch our instance of Solr.

Neck

This method worked for me but System.setProperty oddly didn't. – Smaragdite

Answer 4

More documentation on form size: http://wiki.eclipse.org/Jetty/Howto/Configure_Form_Size

Questionable

Answer 5

I came across this problem too (running Jetty embedded in another application, so I'm not using jetty.xml).

I used the setMaxFormContentSize method on the ContextHandler class, which fixed the "form too large" exception. (See http://wiki.eclipse.org/Jetty/Tutorial/Embedding_Jetty#Setting_a_ServletContext for an example of creating/using a context handler).

Extraction

Answer 6

            <!-- Development Jetty -->
        <plugin>
            <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
            <artifactId>jetty-maven-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>8.1.8.v20121106</version>
            <configuration>
                <scanIntervalSeconds>1</scanIntervalSeconds>
                <webApp>
                    <contextPath>/${project.build.finalName}</contextPath>
                </webApp>
                <systemProperties>
                    <systemProperty>
                        <name>org.eclipse.jetty.server.Request.maxFormContentSize</name>
                        <value>10485760</value>
                    </systemProperty>
                </systemProperties>
            </configuration>
        </plugin>

Work for jetty 8 in maven plugin

Rozele

Answer 7

webappcontext.getServletContext().getContextHandler() .setMaxFormContentSize(10000000);

Cathycathyleen

Answer 8

I use jetty 9.2.3.v20140905, and i fixed the problem use the follow:

• confiure pom.xml

<plugin>
  <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
  <artifactId>jetty-maven-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>9.2.3.v20140905</version>
  <configuration>
    <jettyXml>
      src/main/resources/jetty/jetty.xml
    </jettyXml>
  </configuration>
</plugin>

• configure jetty.xml

<Configure id="Server" class="org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server">
  <Call name="setAttribute">
    <Arg>org.eclipse.jetty.server.Request.maxFormContentSize</Arg>
    <Arg>-1</Arg>
  </Call>
</Configure>

Paramorph

Answer 9

Depending on how old your Jetty Version is you are using (in my case jetty-5.1.14 embedded in Eclipse Equinox), it also could be that the property needs to be org.mortbay.http.HttpRequest.maxFormContentSize

From: org.mortbay.http.HttpRequest

/**
 * Max size of the form content. Limits the size of the data a client can push at the server.
 * Set via the org.mortbay.http.HttpRequest.maxContentSize system property.
 */
public static int __maxFormContentSize = Integer.getInteger(
        "org.mortbay.http.HttpRequest.maxFormContentSize", 200000).intValue();

So you need to do something like this in your application on startup to set the value:

System.setProperty("org.mortbay.http.HttpRequest.maxFormContentSize", "10000000");

Ulberto

Answer 10

None of the above Solution worked for me ,

So in order to make this work I set the system property before creating the server, rather then setting it as server attribute

 System.setProperty("org.eclipse.jetty.server.Request.maxFormContentSize", "500000000");

 Server server = ServerFactory.createServer(host, port, contextPath, war);

Yap

Answer 11

I ran into a similar issue on ActiveMQ so i had to edit the jetty.xml and add

  <property name="maxFormContentSize" value="-1" /> 

to the handler property.

from:-

 <property name="handler">
 <bean id="sec" class="org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerCollection">
 <property name="handlers">
 <list>
 <bean class="org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext">
  <property name="contextPath" value="/admin" /> 
  <property name="resourceBase" value="${activemq.home}/webapps/admin" /> 
  <property name="logUrlOnStart" value="true" /> 
  </bean>

to

 <property name="handler">
 <bean id="sec" class="org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerCollection">
 <property name="handlers">
 <list>
 <bean class="org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext">
  <property name="contextPath" value="/admin" /> 
  <property name="resourceBase" value="${activemq.home}/webapps/admin" /> 
  <property name="logUrlOnStart" value="true" /> 
  <property name="maxFormContentSize" value="-1" /> 
  </bean>

Brittani

Answer 12

If you use jetty in embedded mode,try this.

    ServletContextHandler servletHandler = new ServletContextHandler(ServletContextHandler.SESSIONS);
    servletHandler.setMaxFormContentSize(1024*1024*1024);//size you want to allow.

Khartoum

Answer 13

I use Spring boot and set server.jetty.max-http-post-size: maxSize in application.properties to fix it.

server.jetty.max-http-post-size: 500000

Jugurtha

Answer 14

set in jetty/webapps -> configure .xml (e.g jetty-web.xml) file

"-1" for unlimited content

<Set name="maxFormContentSize" type="int">600000</Set>

OR

<Set name="maxFormContentSize" type="int">-1</Set>

Entero

Answer 15

Possibly because of changes in Jetty since version 7, but I only had success like so:

in jetty-web.xml, add the below to the Server object (1000000 is an example size, obv)

<Call name="setAttribute">
      <Arg>org.eclipse.jetty.server.Request.maxFormContentSize</Arg>
      <Arg>1000000</Arg>
</Call>

full file might look something like mine

<Configure id="Server" class="org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server">
    <Call name="setAttribute">
      <Arg>org.eclipse.jetty.server.Request.maxFormContentSize</Arg>
      <Arg>1000000</Arg>
    </Call>

    <Ref id="DeploymentManager">
          <Call id="webappprovider" name="addAppProvider">
            <Arg>
(...)

ref http://wiki.eclipse.org/Jetty/Howto/Configure_Form_Size

Mayfair

Answer 16

If you're running from eclipse/spring add the below to vm arguments -Dorg.mortbay.jetty.Request.maxFormContentSize=-1

Equipoise

Answer 17

Start jenkins by adding command line argument
-Dorg.eclipse.jetty.server.Request.maxFormContentSize=500000

i.e java -Dorg.eclipse.jetty.server.Request.maxFormContentSize=500000 -jar jenkins.war

Hereditary

Answer 18

ActiveMQ:

The problem here is with Jetty, on which ActiveMQ is based. You can find more details here, documentation

Solution is in apache-activemq-5.9.0/bin/win64/wrapper.conf file, add the following line a after b (refer below).

• a: wrapper.java.additional.16=-Dorg.eclipse.jetty.server.Request.maxFormContentSize=1000000
• b: wrapper.java.additional.15=-Djava.security.auth.login.config=%ACTIVEMQ_CONF%/login.config

If you are running on a 32 bit computer, then please add the same line in apache-activemq-5.9.0/bin/win32/wrapper.conf.

Happy Coding..

Noemi