Request size too large?

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https://support.docusign.c> Document file limit:om/s/articles/DocuSign-Document-and-Envelope-File-Size-Limitations?language=en_US)Hello, I have a question similar to

In my envelop, we send the following files which I converted to base64 :

```

Size    Name299k    69e772f5b28637.57190393.pdf.b64521k    69e772f5cf6a18.49898668-1.pdf.b64521k    69e772f5cf6a18.49898668.pdf.b641.5M    69e772f5f03d22.08961500.pdf.b644.1M    69e772f6b8acf3.84730872.pdf.b641.0M    69e772f7bc72c.pdf.b644.0M    69e772f8a3bad.pdf.b644.9M    69e772f8effff.pdf.b646.1M    69e772f9e0fc9.pdf.b64 12M    69e772f61e4f61.23971176.pdf.b641.0M    69e772f85fedb.pdf.b642.3M    69e772f544c5b3.25933827.pdf.b64179k    69e772f720d46.pdf.b64753k    69e772f787a5b.pdf.b643.0M    69e772f8011c8.pdf.b64851k    69e772f74662d.pdf.b645.8M    69e772f95408b.pdf.b64

```

Which makes a total of 48.9MB.

I get the following error message : `The request size of 56456780 bytes exceeded the maximum size of 35651584 bytes`

Which is true but, according to your documentation (https://support.docusign.com/s/articles/DocuSign-Document-and-Envelope-File-Size-Limitations?language=en_US) :

> The total envelope size, including all the documents, cannot exceed 200 MB.

> Each document must be less than 50 MB.

Which is the case for my request.

Is your documentation up to date? How can I know the real conditions?

Thanks for your help

adrian.castro · Answer

Hello Guilhem,Thank you for contacting Docusign Developer Support.We appreciate the detailed description.Please consider that:Base64 encoding typically increases a file's size by approximately33%compared to its original binary format.As Base 64 encoding needs ~ 8 bits for each 6 bits of the original data (or 4 bytes to store 3).Original Size:48.9 MB48,900,000 bytes.Encoded Size:65.2 MB to 66 MB (Base64 encoding expands data by a factor of 4/3).We recommend creating the envelope draft (status=created) and adding half of the documents using a second API call (PUT).We hope this helps.Best regards,Adrian | Docusign Developer Support

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