From c9f79e641c6906e95095f3e0e505f9bd3f715bc2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tim Burke <tim.burke@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2015 15:28:42 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Mention --segment-size option after 413 response
Previously, it would only output something like
ClientException: Object PUT failed <url> 413 Request Entity Too Large
Your request is too large.
... which is misleading as it implies that Swift simply can't handle
large objects.
Change-Id: Icec9e76b2671490c3a2249ec08992950107c6828
---
swiftclient/shell.py | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/swiftclient/shell.py b/swiftclient/shell.py
index e579b8fb..c7bb4f80 100755
--- a/swiftclient/shell.py
+++ b/swiftclient/shell.py
@@ -845,6 +845,12 @@ def st_upload(parser, args, output_manager):
)
else:
output_manager.error("%s" % error)
+ too_large = (isinstance(error, ClientException) and
+ error.http_status == 413)
+ if too_large and options.verbose > 0:
+ output_manager.error(
+ "Consider using the --segment-size option "
+ "to chunk the object")
except SwiftError as e:
output_manager.error(e.value)