5 MB JS sample
A JS file of exactly 5,242,880 bytes. It is a valid JavaScript source file file, generated by this site. Compare its checksum and test it with the parser used by your application. Use it wherever you need a 5 MB sample, test or dummy JS file.
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sample-js-5mb.js
5 MB5,242,880 bytes
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- Type
- text/javascript
- SHA-256
8ba7150fb640e979fdcd3dc152a096ca3d1d3b969b11be8118a6ace670eaa81e- Delivery
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What is in this file
Strict-mode JavaScript that declares an array of 41,709 record objects and two helper functions, and runs nothing when loaded. Comment lines at the end bring the file to the exact size.
| Records | 41,709 |
|---|---|
| Functions | 2 (totalBalance, findById) |
| Module format | Script, with a CommonJS export when available |
| Dependencies | None |
| Encoding | UTF-8 (ASCII characters only) |
How the file begins
The opening lines of sample-js-5mb.js, exactly as they appear in the file.
00000000 2f 2f 20 53 61 6d 70 6c 65 54 65 73 74 46 69 6c |// SampleTestFil|
00000010 65 73 20 73 61 6d 70 6c 65 20 4a 61 76 61 53 63 |es sample JavaSc|
00000020 72 69 70 74 20 66 69 6c 65 20 28 35 20 4d 42 29 |ript file (5 MB)|
00000030 0a 2f 2f 20 50 6c 61 69 6e 20 45 43 4d 41 53 63 |.// Plain ECMASc|Preview
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Where 5 MB matters
A 5,242,880-byte file: the size of a phone photo and the minimum part size for S3 multipart uploads. These are the default limits a file of this size is useful for testing:
| System | Limit | Note |
|---|---|---|
| PHP | 2 MB per uploaded file by default (upload_max_filesize) | A 5 MB upload fails on an untuned PHP installation. |
| Vercel Functions | 4.5 MB request body | Larger uploads must go directly to object storage. |
| Amazon S3 multipart upload | 5 MiB minimum part size | This file is exactly one minimum part. |
| AWS Lambda | 6 MB synchronous invocation payload | 5 MB of binary data exceeds it once base64-encoded. |
| Browser localStorage | About 5 MB per origin | Storing this file as text fills the quota. |
| Django | 2.5 MB in memory by default | Larger uploads are streamed to a temporary file instead of held in memory. |
Use this file for
- Finding the first upload limit in a new stack
- Testing static asset delivery and caching
- Testing bundlers and minifiers with large inputs
Testing notes for JS
- The old types application/javascript and application/x-javascript are obsolete; text/javascript is the registered type.
- Never execute an uploaded script. Treat .js uploads as text to be stored or analysed.
Technical details
| File name | sample-js-5mb.js |
|---|---|
| Format | JS (JavaScript source file) |
| Extension | .js |
| MIME type | text/javascript |
| Size | 5,242,880 bytes (5 MB) |
| Kind | Text |
| SHA-256 | 8ba7150fb640e979fdcd3dc152a096ca3d1d3b969b11be8118a6ace670eaa81e |
| Created | 2026-10-23 |
| Validation | See the listed size and SHA-256. Small downloads are checked in the browser; verify streamed downloads manually. A hash match does not prove parser compatibility. |
| Preview | Available on this page |
| Source | Generated in your browser by this site's generator; not copied from elsewhere |
| Licence | Free to use, modify and redistribute (terms) |
| Category | Code |
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Questions about this file
- Is this file exactly 5 MB?
- Yes. It is 5,242,880 bytes, which is 5 MB in the binary units that operating systems and server limits use (1 KB = 1,024 bytes).
- What is inside the 5 MB JS file?
- Strict-mode JavaScript that declares an array of 41,709 record objects and two helper functions, and runs nothing when loaded. Comment lines at the end bring the file to the exact size.
- Does the sample script do anything when loaded?
- No. It defines an array and two functions and has no side effects.