Design an API Rate Limiter
Similar Posts:
- Tag: #designfeature
If you are deploying an API, it is generally a best practice to have a relatively small rate limit for anonymous access and then force users to log in to obtain a higher rate limit.
Clarifications
| Name | Summary |
|---|---|
| A free tier or a premium tier | |
| Limit per count or per user | |
| Limit in client side or server side |
Key Parts
| Name | Example |
|---|---|
| 3 Directions Of Implementing API rate-limiting | Request Queues; Throttling; Rate-limiting Algorithms |
| Rate-limiting Algorithms | Leaky Bucket; Fixed Window; Sliding Log; Sliding Window |
Share It, If You Like It.