---
title: http.request.body.raw
description: The unaltered HTTP request body.
image: https://developers.cloudflare.com/core-services-preview.png
---

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#  http.request.body.raw 

`http.request.body.raw` ` String ` 

The unaltered HTTP request body.

When the value of [http.request.body.truncated](https://developers.cloudflare.com/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/http.request.body.truncated/) is `true`, the return value may be truncated.

* **Decoding**: No decoding performed
* **Whitespace**: Preserved
* **Non-ASCII**: Preserved

Requires a Cloudflare Enterprise plan.

Warning 

All `http.request.body.*` fields (except [ http.request.body.size ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/http.request.body.size/)) handle a given maximum body size, which varies per plan. For Enterprise customers, the maximum body size is 128 KB. For other paid plans, the limit is lower by default — reach out to your account team or to Cloudflare Support to increase the limit. For users in the Free plan, the limit is 1 MB. 

You cannot define expressions that rely on request body data beyond the maximum size set for your plan. If the request body is larger, the body fields will contain a truncated value and the [ http.request.body.truncated ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/http.request.body.truncated/) field will be set to `true`. The [ http.request.body.size ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/http.request.body.size/) field will contain the full size of the request without any truncation. 

The maximum body size applies only to the values of HTTP body fields — the origin server will still receive the complete request body. 

Categories: 
* Request
* Body
* Raw fields

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