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That depends on both your web server and your programming language on the server.
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That depends on both your web server and your programming language on the server.

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For now I use Tomcat with Java
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You'll have to look it up in the settings for the server.
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You'll have to look it up in the settings for the server.

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Dear sirs,<br />
I am completing a web service whose role is to share data between a desktop application and a web one.<br />
I can upload data (List&lt;?&gt;) using a HTTP POST request, download data using a HTTP GET request.<br />
With a web service, once data is uploaded I can use the same routine to do further processing.<br />
I had an intention to switch to FTP since the data to upload can be large, and send a HTTP POST request to trigger the processing of the data uploaded via FTP.<br />
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My concern is this one: if I stick to HTTP, what is the maximum size allowed in a HTTP request.<br />
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Regards
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Dear sirs,
I am completing a web service whose role is to share data between a desktop application and a web one.
I can upload data (List<?>) using a HTTP POST request, download data using a HTTP GET request.
With a web service, once data is uploaded I can use the same routine to do further processing.
I had an intention to switch to FTP since the data to upload can be large, and send a HTTP POST request to trigger the processing of the data uploaded via FTP.

My concern is this one: if I stick to HTTP, what is the maximum size allowed in a HTTP request.

Regards

WebService: Right protocol to use for large set of data.

A Web service is a method of communication between two electronic devices over a network. It is a software function provided at a network address over the Web with the service always on as in the concept of utility computing. A web service has an interface described in Web Services Description Language (WSDL). Other systems interact with the Web service in a manner prescribed by its description using SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) messages. There are two major classes of Web services: REST-compliant web services, and Arbitrary web services.

Web Services

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Java

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