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Timeraa
12 Sep, 2025, 13:17

Is there a way to limit the number of files a user can upload? I know there's a limit of file size but in my case I'd like to limit the user to only upload x amount of files, I tried to achieve this using a function but found out you can't send binaries over appwrite functions due to their syntax. Is there any way to do this within appwrite or would I need to make a service outside of appwrite to do this?

TL;DR
Limit the number of files developers can upload in Appwrite. Attempted solution using a function failed due to syntax constraints preventing binary data transfer. Suggested exploring options within Appwrite or developing an external service.
D5
12 Sep, 2025, 22:52

Currently it's not possible. Feel free to give a 👍 to this GitHub issue: https://github.com/appwrite/appwrite/issues/5955

Meanwhile you can use functions, but the main issue will be the body limit, so it won't be possible to send big files. Alternatively you could just allow users to upload the file and then add a limit or count after the upload happens.

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