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c/sdfpubnix · by vext01@lemmy.sdf.org · 3y

Image uploading broken?

Hi,

I just tried to upload an image to a (remote) community via the sdf instance and got a JSON syntax error message.

Also tried using Jerboa and got a "network error".

Is something broken?

Thanks

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9 Comments

SDF@lemmy.sdf.org · 3 pts · 3y (3 replies)

vext01@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 3y (1 reply)

I don't know if it's relevant, but I was posting to feddit.uk.

vext01@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 3y

Is there a file size limit?

vext01@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 3y

There appears to be a 1MB(?) upload limit. See my reply below.

prokyonid@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 3y

I had the same thing happen a couple days ago, trying to upload an image to lemmy.ca from this account.

user224@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 3y (3 replies)

Try to compress it. So far all that I compressed below 1MB went through, but I don't know what the actual limit may be.

vext01@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 3y (2 replies)

I was able to post an image by making it smaller, so yes, there appears to be some kind of limit.

That's going to be a pain for users. Wouldn't it be better to allow a larger upload and have the server scale it down?

At the very least, a proper error message, instead of a JSON parsing error!

user224@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 3y (1 reply)

I'd rather not see that done on server side.

Instead it could be already implemented in the website so that you only actually upload the processed image.

vext01@lemmy.sdf.org · 3 pts · 3y

If it's possible to resize an image on the client side, then whatever, but I can't imagine getting "normals" on board with lemmy if we are giving them an obscure error message and (if they figure out what happened) then asking them to resize images manually.