How to avoid OutOfMemoryError when uploading a large file using Jersey client

Question

I am using Jersey client for http-based request. It works well if the file is small but run into error when I post a file with size of 700M:

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Answer 1

In order for your code not to depend on the size of the uploaded file, you need:

1. Use streams
2. Define the chuck size of the jersey client. For example: client.setChunkedEncodingSize(1024);

Server:

    @POST
    @Path("/upload/{attachmentName}")
    @Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_OCTET_STREAM)
    public void uploadAttachment(@PathParam("attachmentName") String attachmentName, InputStream attachmentInputStream) {
        // do something with the input stream
    }

Client:

    ...
    client.setChunkedEncodingSize(1024);
    WebResource rootResource = client.resource("your-server-base-url");
    File file = new File("your-file-path");
    InputStream fileInStream = new FileInputStream(file);
    String contentDisposition = "attachment; filename=\"" + file.getName() + "\"";
    ClientResponse response = rootResource.path("attachment").path("upload").path("your-file-name")
            .type(MediaType.APPLICATION_OCTET_STREAM).header("Content-Disposition", contentDisposition)
            .post(ClientResponse.class, fileInStream);