RateLimit

A high-performance rate limiter written in GO language

This package provides a Golang implementation of rate limit

Create a rate limiter with a maximum number of operations to perform per second. with the ability of mark as a spam then block for a specific period

Usage

package main

import (
	"fmt"

	"github.com/ahmedash95/ratelimit"
)

func main() {
    rt := ratelimit.CreateLimit("1r/s")
    user_ip := "127.0.0.1"
    rt.Hit(user_ip)

    fmt.Println(rt.Rates[user_ip].Hits)
    // out: 1
}

So now how you would block the user if he hits the request more than the limit

package main

import (
	"fmt"

	"github.com/ahmedash95/ratelimit"
)

func main() {
	rt := ratelimit.CreateLimit("1r/s")
	user_ip := "127.0.0.1"
	var err error
	err = rt.Hit(user_ip)
	err = rt.Hit(user_ip)

    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println(err)
        // out: The key [127.0.0.1] has reached max requests [1]

        // block process
    }
}

Define spam and block method

the way of how it works is 1r/s,spam:3,block:3d means that the rate limit is 1 request per second and we will mark it as a spammer if the key reach the max limit more than 3 times, if he, we will block the key for 3 days

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"github.com/ahmedash95/ratelimit"
)

func main() {
	rt := ratelimit.CreateLimit("1r/s,spam:3,block:2d")
	user_ip := "127.0.0.1"
	rt.Hit(user_ip)
    rt.Hit(user_ip)

    fmt.Println(rt.Spammer.Values[user_ip].Hits)
    // out: 1
    // because he just hit the max requests for 1 time

    rt := ratelimit.CreateLimit("1r/s,spam:3,block:2d")
    user_ip := "127.0.0.1"
    rt.Hit(user_ip)
    rt.Hit(user_ip)

    time.Sleep(time.Second)
    rt.Hit(user_ip)
    rt.Hit(user_ip)

    time.Sleep(time.Second)

    rt.Hit(user_ip)
    rt.Hit(user_ip)

    fmt.Println(rt.Spammer.Values[user_ip].Hits)
    // out: 3
    // because he hit the max requests for 3 times

    _, blocked := rt.Blocker.Values[user_ip]
    fmt.Printf("%v\n", blocked)
    // out: True
}

Guide

Rate limit pattern definition

the default format is 1r/s which is mean 1 request per second or 3r/m which is mean 3 request per minute

The advanced Pattern that support spam and block

1r/s,spam:3,block:3h which is mean block the user for 3 hours when reatchs the maximum spam hits, block supports 3d 10h 5m 10s

Testing

$ go test

Credits

• Ahmed Ashraf

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.