REST call gives Request too large. Requests for this resource can be at most 5242880 bytes error
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Problem
When making a REST call to Confluence the console gives the error
{"statusCode":413,"message":"Request too large. Requests for this resource can be at most 5242880 bytes"}
Cause
There is a hard coded limit of 5242880 bytes (5 *1024 *1024) for the maximum data payload when making a REST call to Confluence.
Resolution
See Configuring System Properties and set atlassian.rest.request.maxsize to a value larger than your content size in bytes, then restart Confluence.
-Datlassian.rest.request.maxsize=<SIZE-IN-BYTES>