File name length issue with the REST APIs

Question

Hello,

I'm using REST APIs to upload a file to SkyDrive using PUT request. One of my customers is trying to upload a file with a Russian name. The file name length is 65 characters but when UTF-8 encoded it's length becomes 255 characters. The server responds with: "400 Bad Request" and the error message was:

The requested operation could not be completed. The requested file name '…. the encoded file name …' is not supported. A file name must contain fewer than 247 characters.

I think the server is checking the file name before decoding it.

Appreciate your help.
Thanks.

Answer 1

Would you be able to share the name of the file (not the contents) with us, so that we can try to repro on our end?

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Carl Hirschman

Answer 2

Hi,

I can reproduce it with the following example: (couldn't give the customer file name for privacy reasons)

производить_производить_производить_производить.docx  

which when UTF-8 encoded produces:

%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8C_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8C_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8C_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8C.docx

BTW, when I tried the SkyDrive website I was able to create and add files with this file name.

Hope this will help.

Answer 3

We have a fix for this issue, and will be deploying it in the near future.

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Carl Hirschman