# Query: length of string in chat signal

**URL:** <https://openvidu.discourse.group/t/query-length-of-string-in-chat-signal/1565>\
**Category:** How to implement?\
**Tags:** v2\
**Created:** [July 22, 2020, 7:41pm UTC](https://openvidu.discourse.group/t/query-length-of-string-in-chat-signal/1565 "2020-07-22T19:41:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Prasang\_Misra](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openvidu.discourse.group/prasang_misra/32/788_2.png) [@Prasang\_Misra](https://openvidu.discourse.group/u/Prasang_Misra)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 7:41pm UTC](https://openvidu.discourse.group/t/query-length-of-string-in-chat-signal/1565/1 "2020-07-22T19:41:41Z")

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I am trying to integrate chat through API. Can you tell me the max limit of string that the signal can accept?

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**Author:** ![Prasang\_Misra](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openvidu.discourse.group/prasang_misra/32/788_2.png) [@Prasang\_Misra](https://openvidu.discourse.group/u/Prasang_Misra)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 7:44pm UTC](https://openvidu.discourse.group/t/query-length-of-string-in-chat-signal/1565/2 "2020-07-22T19:44:31Z")

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The idea is to send an image bytecode as a string through this channel

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**Author:** ![vipin\_mishra](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openvidu.discourse.group/vipin_mishra/32/32_2.png) [@vipin\_mishra](https://openvidu.discourse.group/u/vipin_mishra)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 6:51am UTC](https://openvidu.discourse.group/t/query-length-of-string-in-chat-signal/1565/3 "2020-07-23T06:51:30Z")

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> [@Websocket reconnects after sending large signal](https://openvidu.discourse.group/t/websocket-reconnects-after-sending-large-signal/1562):
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> Hi, I’m Mario. I try to send some data chunks to all participants using the session.signal function. With messages larger then ~32k the websocket/RPC stuff performs a reconnect and my message is lost. Is there a limit for signal message sizes or some other way to pass data to all others ? Is it a Bug ? Steps to reproduce: Just paste some LoremIpsum into the chat form of an OpenViduApp. I used Docker to deploy one. I use version Openvidu Version: 2.15.0 The server log shows this : openvid…

Please See this link I hope you got your answer.  
Thanks

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**Author:** ![Prasang\_Misra](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openvidu.discourse.group/prasang_misra/32/788_2.png) [@Prasang\_Misra](https://openvidu.discourse.group/u/Prasang_Misra)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 5:31pm UTC](https://openvidu.discourse.group/t/query-length-of-string-in-chat-signal/1565/4 "2020-07-23T17:31:02Z")

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Thanks Vipin. This helps.

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**Author:** ![vipin\_mishra](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openvidu.discourse.group/vipin_mishra/32/32_2.png) [@vipin\_mishra](https://openvidu.discourse.group/u/vipin_mishra)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 5:32pm UTC](https://openvidu.discourse.group/t/query-length-of-string-in-chat-signal/1565/5 "2020-07-23T17:32:13Z")

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your welcome and say thanks OpenVidu