How to set max http header size in create react app

[ghost]

I assume create react app is using web pack dev server.
I would like to be able to specify http header size for it, but can't seem to find a way to do it. Can someone help?

If I am right I basically need to pass some command line parameters (related to setting http header max size) to the nodejs server which web pack dev server is running. But can't find a way to do it.

[heyimalex]

Why do you need this if you don't mind me asking?

[ghost]

@heyimalex We use single sign on, which attaches user roles in header, and when the roles are too many, it exceeds header size limit.

[heyimalex]

How large are these headers? I couldn't find anything searching for webpack stuff, but it looks like node has a hard limit of 80kb.

[ghost]

AFAIK you can customize limit for node using command line parameters when invoking node, so we were looking for way how to pass that parameter to node instance which web pack dev server is running.

[heyimalex]

Oh yeah, I just found an issue about it. Well the react-scripts bin looks like it passes though the flags after your command straight to node, so you should be able to change your build script to react-scripts --max-http-header-size=77777 start?

[ghost]

For some reason it didn't work, we went with other solution, reduce header size for some users. Maybe your post can be useful for someone else.