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Anonymous
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8 years ago
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Is there a maximum URL length for the Web.Contents function?

When using Web.Contents URLs over 2000ish characters in length have resulted in an error:

 

"The underlying connection was closed: the connection was closed unexpectedly"

 

Is this error caused by the length of the URL?

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    8 years ago

    Anonymous,

    I haven't found any infomation about maximum URL for Web.Contents() function. For OData.Feed() function, there is a MaxUriLength property. 

    In your scenario, I would recommend you use Fiddler to track what is going on in the background.

    Regards,
    Lydia

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
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    8 years ago

    Anonymous,

    I haven't found any infomation about maximum URL for Web.Contents() function. For OData.Feed() function, there is a MaxUriLength property. 

    In your scenario, I would recommend you use Fiddler to track what is going on in the background.

    Regards,
    Lydia

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
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      8 years ago

      Thanks, it turns out that there is a limit to the URL length as part of the API.

       

      I do have a follow on question related to the conversion of a GET request, which can't handle the URL length, to a POST request which should be able to. That question is posted here. If you are able to have a look at this it would be much appreciated.