Throttle allows you to rate limit based on a number of strategies. Currently two strategies are implemented, 'interval' and 'timespan'. Using an 'interval' you could limit the number of requests you receive and using a 'timespan' you can set a max around hourly and daily settings (planned for the future to be configurable).

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'throttle'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install throttle

Example of default setup:

Throttle.setup

Example of connecting to an external Redis

Throttle.setup(Redis.new(...))

Example of working with the default limits set above (only one default limit can be specified, either timespan or interval:

Throttle.limited?(:default)

Example of a timespan strategy (required keys: max, timespan):

Throttle.set_limit(:apihits, {:max => 1000, :timespan => "daily"})

Example of interval strategy (required keys: interval):

Throttle.set_limit(:apirate, {:interval => 3.0})

Example of a temporary interval strategy using blocks (not currently implemented):

Throttle.set_limit(:apirate, {:interval => 3.0}) do
  # do work
end

Example of checking whether we are limited:

Throttle.limited?(:apihits)
Throttle.limited?(:apirate)

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request