A006 - Maximum File Size Confirmation

e-Referral Service (e-RS) e-Referral Service FHIR API
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Can I please confirm what the maximum file size that can be downloaded via an A006 without throwing a FILE_SIZE_ERROR error please.

I know there was an update to eRS to allow users to upload up to 100MB files, but does the A006 support this? It’s not clear in the documentation.

Thanks

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Hi @jim.brock - The enhancement to upload files larger than 5MB is not yet live. The file size limit remains at 5MB (5242880 bytes).

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Thanks @zubeir.tai. The question was, what’s the maximum download size via A006? Is that 100MB?

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No, it’s 5MB. As users can only upload a max file size of 5MB currently.

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Sorry to ask this question again, but has the maximum file size changed since July?

The reason I’m asking is that the current API documentation no longer mentions the 400 HTTP response code with the FILE_SIZE_ERROR.

I have customers asking for confirmation.

Thanks

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@jim.brock No the maximum file size hasn’t changed.

A020 will return FILE_SIZE_ERROR if you attempt to upload a file greater than 5MB.

When the maximum file size is increased A005 will only support download of files up to 5MB (the previous limit). At this point FILE_SIZE_ERROR could be returned. Partners will have to integrate with a new API to retrieve larger files.

The programme of work to increase the maximum file size was paused, but has now resumed and this will be happening during 2025. There will be more communications about this soon.