rlimit 1.5

python rate limiter

Rate Limit

this package help you to limit the call's [frequent] rates of any callable in python.

• default built-in memory is : expiring dict memory that not recommended for production usage

Usage

basic usage

from src.rlimit import Limiter, Per
from time import sleep


@Limiter(times=2, per=2 * Per.SECOND)
def func_a():
    return True


func_a()  # True
func_a()  # True
func_a()  # OverflowError
sleep(2)
func_a()  # True
func_a()  # True
func_a()  # OverflowError

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key example

from src.rlimit import Limiter, Per


@Limiter(
    times=2, per=2 * Per.SECOND,
    key=lambda name, age: str(hash((name, age)))
)
def func_a(name: str, age: int):
    return f'hi2{name}-{age}'


func_a('gzuz', 13)
func_a('gzuz', 14)
func_a('gzuz', 13)
func_a('gzuz', 15)
func_a('gzuz', 14)
func_a('gzuz', 14)  # OverflowError
func_a('gzuz', 13)  # OverflowError

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fastapi

from src.rlimit import Limiter, Per
from fastapi import APIRouter, HTTPException, Request

router = APIRouter(...)


@router.get(...)
@Limiter(
    times=2, per=4 * Per.SECOND,
    key=lambda r: r.client.host,
    exception=HTTPException(429)
)
def test_ratelimit(request: Request):
    return 'no limit'

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Install

pip install git+https://github.com/omidekz/rlimit

pypi will add

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Custom Memory

to implement new memory class, you have to extend BaseMemory abstract class