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aiosteady: rate limiting for asyncio

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aiosteady is an MIT licensed library, written in Python, for rate limiting in asyncio applications using Redis and the aioredis library.

aiosteady currently implements the leaky bucket algorithm in a very efficient way.

max_capacity = 10  # The bucket can contain up to 10 drops, starts with 0
drop_recharge = 5.0  # 5 seconds between drop recharges.
throttler = Throttler(aioredis, max_capacity, drop_recharge)

# consume() returns information about success, the current bucket level,
# how long until the next drop recharges, etc.
res = await throttler.consume(f'user:{user_id}')

Installation

To install aiosteady, simply:

$ pip install aiosteady

Usage

The leaky bucket algorithm follows a simple model.

  • A single bucket contains a number of drops, called the bucket level. Buckets start with zero drops.

  • Buckets have a maximum capacity of drops.

  • Each use of the bucket (consumption) inserts one or more drops into the bucket, up until the maximum capacity. If the bucket would overflow, the consumption fails.

  • One drop leaks out every drop_recharge seconds, freeing space in the bucket for a new drop to be put into it.

  • The bucket may also be manually drained.

  • In addition to making the consumption fail, full buckets can optionally be configured to block further attempts to consume for a period.

Create an instance of aiosteady.leakybucket.Throttler, giving it an instance of an aioredis client and rate limiting parameters (the maximum bucket capacity, the number of seconds it takes for a drop to leak out, and an optional blocking duration).

A Throttler supports two operations: consuming and peeking.

  • await Throttler.consume("a_key") (consume because it consumes bucket resources) attempts to put the given number of drops (default 1) into the bucket at the given key. It returns an instance of aiosteady.leakybucket.ThrottleResult, with fields for:

    • success: a boolean, describing whether the consumption was successful

    • level: an integer, describing the new level of the bucket

    • until_next_drop: a float, describing the number of seconds left after the next drop regenerates

    • blocked_for: an optional float, if blocking is being used and the bucket is blocked, the number of seconds until the block expires

    If the number of drops given is negative, drops are instead removed from the bucket. The bucket may not go below zero drops.

  • await Throttler.peek("a_key") returns the same ThrottleResult but without attempting to consume any drops.

Both operations are implemented using a single Redis call, using Lua scripting.

Changelog

22.1.0 (UNRELEASED)

  • Switch to CalVer.

  • Add Python 3.10 support.

  • Add support for recharging the bucket (removing existing drops).

  • Switch the main branch name from master to main.

0.2.1 (2021-05-12)

  • Improve the attrs dependency specification, since attrs uses CalVer.

0.2.0 (2021-04-08)

  • Use the Redis evalsha instead of eval, for efficiency.

0.1.0 (2021-03-07)

  • Initial release.

Credits

The Lua Redis script for atomic leaky bucket has been taken and heavily adapted from the Prorate project.

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