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Python decorator for throttling function calls.
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class throttle(object): | |
""" | |
Decorator that prevents a function from being called more than once every | |
time period. | |
To create a function that cannot be called more than once a minute: | |
@throttle(minutes=1) | |
def my_fun(): | |
pass | |
""" | |
def __init__(self, seconds=0, minutes=0, hours=0): | |
self.throttle_period = timedelta( | |
seconds=seconds, minutes=minutes, hours=hours | |
) | |
self.time_of_last_call = datetime.min | |
def __call__(self, fn): | |
@wraps(fn) | |
def wrapper(*args, **kwargs): | |
now = datetime.now() | |
time_since_last_call = now - self.time_of_last_call | |
if time_since_last_call > self.throttle_period: | |
self.time_of_last_call = now | |
return fn(*args, **kwargs) | |
return wrapper |
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
from functools import wraps
def throttle(seconds=0, minutes=0, hours=0):
throttle_period = timedelta(seconds=seconds, minutes=minutes, hours=hours)
def throttle_decorator(fn):
time_of_last_call = datetime.min
@wraps(fn)
def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
now = datetime.now()
if now - time_of_last_call > throttle_period:
nonlocal time_of_last_call
time_of_last_call = now
return fn(*args, **kwargs)
return wrapper
return throttle_decorator
philer, yours is much messier - and, to top it off, it doesn't even work. Try running it.
MikeTam1021, maybe because nonlocal is from python3
The ratelimit package does this with a few extra features.
The ratelimit package does this with a few extra features.
Thanks - that is exactly what I needed!
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is this snippet threadsafe?