2 MB JSONL sample
A JSONL file of exactly 2,097,152 bytes. It is a valid JSON Lines file, generated by this site. Compare its checksum and test it with the parser used by your application. Use it wherever you need a 2 MB sample, test or dummy JSONL file.
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sample-jsonl-2mb.jsonl
2 MB2,097,152 bytes
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- Type
- application/jsonl
- SHA-256
07086229fa38e1ea5e3957161eefda38474ac1b86ef79826b364525318dfdd66- Delivery
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What is in this file
6,136 JSON objects, one per line, followed by one short object whose "note" string is lengthened to reach the exact size.
| Lines | 6,137 |
|---|---|
| Records per line | 1 |
| Encoding | UTF-8 (ASCII characters only) |
| Line endings | LF |
How the file begins
The opening lines of sample-jsonl-2mb.jsonl, exactly as they appear in the file.
00000000 7b 22 69 64 22 3a 31 2c 22 75 75 69 64 22 3a 22 |{"id":1,"uuid":"|
00000010 34 37 66 36 36 36 33 30 2d 39 63 65 33 2d 34 31 |47f66630-9ce3-41|
00000020 66 30 2d 62 38 38 32 2d 39 66 35 63 36 64 30 31 |f0-b882-9f5c6d01|
00000030 30 37 37 30 22 2c 22 6e 61 6d 65 22 3a 7b 22 66 |0770","name":{"f|Preview
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Where 2 MB matters
A 2,097,152-byte file: exactly the default upload limit of PHP, and twice the default of nginx and Spring Boot. 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 file of exactly 2 MB is accepted; one byte more is refused. |
| nginx | 1 MB by default (client_max_body_size) | Rejected with 413 Request Entity Too Large. |
| Spring Boot multipart | 1 MB per file by default (max-file-size) | Rejected unless the property is raised. |
| Django | 2.5 MB in memory by default | 2 MB is held in memory; the 5 MB sample is streamed to a temporary file. |
| Vercel Functions | 4.5 MB request body | Accepted, including as base64 at about 2.8 MB. |
Use this file for
- Finding the first upload limit in a new stack
- Testing streaming parsers
- Loading datasets for machine-learning experiments
Testing notes for JSONL
- Passing the whole file to a standard JSON parser fails, because the file as a whole is not one JSON value.
- A blank line or a trailing comma on any line breaks strict readers, so decide how your importer treats them.
Technical details
| File name | sample-jsonl-2mb.jsonl |
|---|---|
| Format | JSONL (JSON Lines) |
| Extension | .jsonl |
| MIME type | application/jsonl |
| Size | 2,097,152 bytes (2 MB) |
| Kind | Text |
| SHA-256 | 07086229fa38e1ea5e3957161eefda38474ac1b86ef79826b364525318dfdd66 |
| 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 | Data |
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Questions about this file
- Is this file exactly 2 MB?
- Yes. It is 2,097,152 bytes, which is 2 MB in the binary units that operating systems and server limits use (1 KB = 1,024 bytes).
- What is inside the 2 MB JSONL file?
- 6,136 JSON objects, one per line, followed by one short object whose "note" string is lengthened to reach the exact size.
- How is JSONL different from JSON?
- A JSON file is one value, usually an array. A JSONL file is many values separated by line breaks, which can be appended to and read as a stream.