10 MB Sample PDF Download

Calibrated to exactly 10,485,760 bytes for heavy payload testing. Safe, neutral synthetic document designed for upload validation, server timeout testing, and QA test suites.

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Exact File Size

10,485,760 bytes

Target Boundary

10

Primary Use Case

Large upload validation & timeout stress testing

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File Specifications

Accurate metadata and checksums for automated testing assertion libraries:

Property	Verified Value	Testing Significance
File Name	`sample-10mb.pdf`	Expected file name in multipart form payloads.
Exact Byte Size	`10,485,760 bytes`	Guarantees exact threshold testing without rounding ambiguities.
MIME Type	`application/pdf`	Standard header for upload filter and accept=".pdf" testing.
PDF Version	`PDF-1.4`	Universal backwards compatibility across all viewers and parsers.
SHA-256 Checksum	`aad5f818b4fe924ae4b53ef7bbf9d97818464c1c6dd3deb95183ddf405537975`	Verify byte-for-byte transmission integrity in CI pipelines.

Developer Quick Test Snippets

Copy and paste these pre-configured commands to test uploads, API endpoints, and browser automation:

1. Direct Download via cURL

curl -O https://samplepdf.org/files/sample-10mb.pdf

2. Python (Requests) Upload Test

import requests

url = "https://your-api.example.com/api/upload"
with open("sample-10mb.pdf", "rb") as f:
    response = requests.post(url, files={"file": ("sample-10mb.pdf", f, "application/pdf")})

print(f"Status: {response.status_code}")
assert response.status_code in [200, 201, 413]  # Expect success or Payload Too Large

3. Playwright E2E File Upload

import { test, expect } from '@playwright/test';

test('verify 10 MB Sample PDF Download upload limit', async ({ page }) => {
  await page.goto('https://your-app.example.com/upload');
  await page.setInputFiles('input[type="file"]', 'sample-10mb.pdf');
  await page.click('button[type="submit"]');
  // Add your expected assertion below:
  // await expect(page.locator('.toast')).toContainText('File uploaded successfully');
});

Why Test With This Specification?

10 MB is a standard stress threshold for testing multipart chunking, reverse proxy buffers (Nginx client_max_body_size), and serverless payload limits.

Boundary Condition Verification: Test whether limits like ≤ 10 work correctly or fail with off-by-one errors.
Error Message Validation: Confirm that exceeding limits triggers a clear, user-friendly "File too large" validation alert.
Network Resilience: Evaluate upload timeouts and progress bars under throttled network conditions.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why test with a 10 MB PDF file?

Testing with 10 MB validates whether web servers (such as Nginx, Apache, or Cloudflare Workers) reject payloads exceeding standard body limits, or whether your upload handler times out.

Does this 10 MB file work with AWS S3 / Cloudflare R2 multipart uploads?

Yes. S3 requires parts to be at least 5 MB for multipart uploads. A 10 MB file allows testing a 2-part chunked upload pipeline cleanly.

What is the SHA-256 checksum of the 10 MB sample PDF?

The SHA-256 hash is recorded in the specifications table on this page, allowing you to assert payload integrity in automated testing.