Too long URI

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@sarahcd
I get an error where the api url requested is too long, this is the cause for an error reported by d douglas. This is the error message: The requested URL's length exceeds the capacity limit for this server.. The url I'm requesting contains a lot of individual ids:
https://www.movebank.org/movebank/service/direct-read?entity_type=individual&study_id=1420256397&id=1420260456%2C1420260457%2C1420260458%2C1420260459%2C1420260460%2C1420260461%2C1420260462%2C1420260463%2C1420260464%2C1420260465%2C1420260466%2C1420260467%2C1420260468%2C1420260469%2C1420260470%2C1420260471%2C1420260472%2C1420260473%2C1420260474%2C1420260475%2C1420260476%2C1420260477%2C1420260478%2C1420260479%2C1420260480%2C1420260481%2C1420260482%2C1420260483%2C1420260484%2C1420260485%2C1420260486%2C1420260487%2C1420260488%2C1420260489%2C1420260490%2C1420260491%2C1420260492%2C1420260493%2C1420260494%2C1420260495%2C1420260496%2C1420260497%2C1420260498%2C1420260499%2C1420260500%2C1420260501%2C1420260502%2C1420260503%2C1420260504%2C1420260505%2C1420260506%2C1420260507%2C1420260508%2C1420260509%2C1420260510%2C1420260511%2C1420260512%2C1420260513%2C1420260514%2C1420260515%2C1420260516%2C1420260517%2C1420260518%2C1420260519%2C1420260520%2C1420260521%2C1420260522%2C1420260523%2C1420260524%2C1420260525%2C1420260526%2C1420260527%2C1420260528%2C1420260529%2C1420260530%2C1420260531%2C1420260532%2C1420260533%2C1420260534%2C1420260535%2C1420260536%2C1420260537%2C1420260538%2C1420260539%2C1420260540%2C1420260541%2C1420260542%2C1420260543%2C1420260544%2C1420260545%2C1420260546%2C1420260547%2C1420260548%2C1420260549%2C1420260550%2C1420260551%2C1420260552%2C1420260553%2C1420260554%2C1420260555%2C1420260556%2C1420260557%2C1420260558%2C1420260559%2C1420260560%2C1420260561%2C1420260562%2C1420260563%2C1420260564%2C1420260565%2C1420260566%2C1420260567%2C1420260568%2C1420260569%2C1420260570%2C1420260571%2C1420260572%2C1420260573%2C1420260574%2C1420260575%2C1420260576%2C1420260577%2C1420260578%2C1420260579%2C1420260580%2C1420260581%2C1420260582%2C1420260583%2C1420260584%2C1420260585%2C1420260586%2C1420260587%2C1420260588%2C1420260589%2C1420260590%2C1420260591%2C1420260592%2C1420260593%2C1420260594%2C1420260595%2C1420260596%2C1420260597%2C1420260598%2C1420260599%2C1420260600%2C1420260601%2C1420260602%2C1420260603%2C1420260604%2C1420260605%2C1420260606%2C1420260607%2C1420260608%2C1420260609%2C1420260610%2C1420260611%2C1420260612%2C1420260613%2C1420260614%2C1420260615%2C1420260616%2C1420260617%2C1420260618%2C1420260619%2C1420260620%2C1420260621%2C1420260622%2C1420260623%2C1420260624%2C1420260625%2C1420260626%2C1420260627%2C1420260628%2C1420260629%2C1420260630%2C1420260631%2C1420260632%2C1420260633%2C1420260634%2C1420260635%2C1420260636%2C1420260637%2C1420260638%2C1420260639%2C1420260640%2C1420260641%2C1420260642%2C1420260643%2C1420260644%2C1420260645%2C1420260646%2C1420260647%2C1420260648%2C1420260649%2C1420260650%2C1420260651%2C1420260652%2C1420260653%2C1420260654%2C1420260655%2C1420260656%2C1420260657%2C1420260658%2C1420260659%2C1420260660%2C1420260661%2C1420260662%2C1420260663%2C1420260664%2C1420260665%2C1420260666%2C1420260667%2C1420260668%2C1420260669%2C1420260670%2C1420260671%2C1420260672%2C1420260673%2C1420260674%2C1420260675%2C1420260676%2C1420260677%2C1420260678%2C1420260679%2C1420260680%2C1420260681%2C1420260682%2C1420260683%2C1420260684%2C1420260685%2C1420260686%2C1420260687%2C1420260688%2C1420260689%2C1420260690%2C1420260691%2C1420260692%2C1420260693%2C1420260694%2C1420260695%2C1420260696%2C1420260697%2C1420260698%2C1420260699%2C1420260700%2C1420260701%2C1420260702%2C1420260703%2C1420260704%2C1420260705%2C1420260706%2C1420260707%2C1420260708%2C1420260709%2C1420260710%2C1420260711%2C1420260712%2C1420260713%2C1420260714%2C1420260715%2C1420260716%2C1420260717%2C1420260718%2C1420260719%2C1420260720%2C1420260721%2C1420260722%2C1420260723%2C1420260724%2C1420260725%2C1420260726%2C1420260727%2C1420260728%2C1420260729%2C1420260730%2C1420260731%2C1420260732%2C1420260733%2C1420260734%2C1420260735%2C1420260736%2C1420260737%2C1420260738%2C1420260739%2C1420260740%2C1420260741%2C1420260742%2C1420260743%2C1420260744%2C1420260745%2C1420260746%2C1420260747%2C1420260748%2C1420260749%2C1420260750%2C1420260751%2C1420260752%2C1420260753%2C1420260754%2C1420260755%2C1420260756%2C1420260757%2C1420260758%2C1420260759%2C1420260760%2C1420260761%2C1420260762%2C1420260763%2C1420260764%2C1420260765%2C1420260766%2C1420260767%2C1420260768%2C1420260769%2C1420260770%2C1420260771%2C1420260772%2C1420260773%2C1420260774%2C1420260775%2C1420260776%2C1420260777%2C1420260778%2C1420260779%2C1420260780%2C1420260781%2C1420260782%2C1420260783%2C1420260784%2C1420260785%2C1420260786%2C1420260787%2C1420260788%2C1420260789%2C1420260790%2C1420260791%2C1420260792%2C1420260793%2C1420260794%2C1420260795%2C1420260796%2C1420260797%2C1420260798%2C1420260799%2C1420260800%2C1420260801%2C1420260802%2C1420260803%2C1420260804%2C1420260805%2C1420260806%2C1420260807%2C1420260808%2C1420260809%2C1420260810%2C1420260811%2C1420260812%2C1420260813%2C1420260814%2C1420260815%2C1420260816%2C1420260817%2C1420260818%2C1420260819%2C1420260820%2C1420260821%2C1420260822%2C1420260823%2C1420260824%2C1420260825%2C1420260826%2C1420260827%2C1420260828%2C1420260829%2C1420260830%2C1420260831%2C1420260832%2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@sarahcd / @mcb77 do you know what the limit of the url length is then I can provide a proper warning before

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Some exploration shows the border seems to be 8202 characters being to long. However before that there is a regions from about 7800 to 8200 characters where an internal server error is produced that the header is too long:

HTTP Status 400 – Bad Requestbody {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;} h1, h2, h3, b {color:white;background-color:#525D76;} h1 {font-size:22px;} h2 {font-size:16px;} h3 {font-size:14px;} p {font-size:12px;} a {color:black;} .line {height:1px;background-color:#525D76;border:none;}HTTP Status 400 – Bad RequestType Exception ReportMessage Request header is too largeDescription The server cannot or will not process the request due to something that is perceived to be a client error (e.g., malformed request syntax, invalid request message framing, or deceptive request routing).Exceptionjava.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Request header is too large
	org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11InputBuffer.fill(Http11InputBuffer.java:785)
	org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11InputBuffer.parseHeader(Http11InputBuffer.java:868)
	org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11InputBuffer.parseHeaders(Http11InputBuffer.java:607)
	org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.service(Http11Processor.java:525)
	org.apache.coyote.AbstractProcessorLight.process(AbstractProcessorLight.java:65)
	org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$ConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:818)
	org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(NioEndpoint.java:1626)
	org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SocketProcessorBase.run(SocketProcessorBase.java:49)
	java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
	java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
	org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61)
	java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
Note The full stack trace of the root cause is available in the server logs.Apache Tomcat/8.5.59