# How to send a small image

**URL:** <https://discuss.blues.com/t/how-to-send-a-small-image/1393>\
**Category:** Notecard API\
**Tags:** python\
**Created:** [April 24, 2023, 2:28pm UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/how-to-send-a-small-image/1393 "2023-04-24T14:28:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![paulohm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aeb1de/32.png) [@paulohm](https://discuss.blues.com/u/paulohm)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 2:28pm UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/how-to-send-a-small-image/1393/1 "2023-04-24T14:28:16Z")

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Trying to find a way to send a small picture using the notecard API. Is there an easy way, or I will need to chop the binary into pieces and send it through several calls?

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**Author:** ![RobLauer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.blues.com/roblauer/32/1567_2.png) [@RobLauer](https://discuss.blues.com/u/RobLauer)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 2:47pm UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/how-to-send-a-small-image/1393/2 "2023-04-24T14:47:55Z")

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Hi @paulohm,

Today the best way to approach this problem is by using the `web.post` API. We have a short documentation section here on [Sending Large Payloads to Notehub](https://dev.blues.io/notecard/notecard-walkthrough/web-transactions/#sending-large-payloads-to-notehub). The team is working on a more robust solution for sending larger files, but we don’t have anything to share quite yet!

Rob

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**Author:** ![paulohm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aeb1de/32.png) [@paulohm](https://discuss.blues.com/u/paulohm)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 5:32pm UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/how-to-send-a-small-image/1393/3 "2023-04-24T17:32:01Z")

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hanks for the quick response !!!

Could you clarify if there is a limit on the notecard side for the payload size per chunk?

Couldn´t find this info in the documentation.

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**Author:** ![RobLauer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.blues.com/roblauer/32/1567_2.png) [@RobLauer](https://discuss.blues.com/u/RobLauer)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 6:13pm UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/how-to-send-a-small-image/1393/4 "2023-04-24T18:13:37Z")

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We usually recommend ~8KB per chunk being a safe size.

Rob

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**Author:** ![Francois](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.blues.com/francois/32/15_2.png) [@Francois](https://discuss.blues.com/u/Francois)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 10:55am UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/how-to-send-a-small-image/1393/5 "2023-04-25T10:55:25Z")

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In borderliine reception areas, I have had more success dropping to 2KB.

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**Author:** ![paulohm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aeb1de/32.png) [@paulohm](https://discuss.blues.com/u/paulohm)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 11:52am UTC](https://discuss.blues.com/t/how-to-send-a-small-image/1393/6 "2023-04-25T11:52:24Z")

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That’s good intel - thanks !!!