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Scaling your API with rate limiters

The following are examples of the four types rate limiters discussed in the accompanying blog post. In the examples below I've used pseudocode-like Ruby, so if you're unfamiliar with Ruby you should be able to easily translate this approach to other languages. Complete examples in Ruby are also provided later in this gist.

In most cases you'll want all these examples to be classes, but I've used simple functions here to keep the code samples brief.

Request rate limiter

This uses a basic token bucket algorithm and relies on the fact that Redis scripts execute atomically. No other operations can run between fetching the count and writing the new count.

@chrissimpkins
chrissimpkins / gist:5bf5686bae86b8129bee
Last active March 6, 2023 00:10
Atom Editor Cheat Sheet: macOS

Use these rapid keyboard shortcuts to control the GitHub Atom text editor on macOS.

Key to the Keys

  • ⌘ : Command key
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  • ⌫ : Delete key
  • ← : Left arrow key
  • → : Right arrow key
  • ↑ : Up arrow key
@mikechau
mikechau / video.jsx
Last active August 20, 2021 12:50
videojs react component
var React = require('react');
var cx = require('classnames');
var vjs = require('video.js');
var _forEach = require('lodash/collection/forEach');
var _debounce = require('lodash/function/debounce');
var _defaults = require('lodash/object/defaults');
var DEFAULT_HEIGHT = 800;
var DEFAULT_WIDTH = 600;
var DEFAULT_ASPECT_RATIO = (9 / 16);
@LeCoupa
LeCoupa / nodejs-cheatsheet.js
Last active April 19, 2024 01:50
Complete Node.js CheatSheet --> UPDATED VERSION --> https://github.com/LeCoupa/awesome-cheatsheets
/* *******************************************************************************************
* THE UPDATED VERSION IS AVAILABLE AT
* https://github.com/LeCoupa/awesome-cheatsheets
* ******************************************************************************************* */
// 0. Synopsis.
// http://nodejs.org/api/synopsis.html
@furf
furf / mongoose-find-by-reference-field.js
Last active April 4, 2023 19:14
Finding a thing by reference using a non ID field.
var mongoose = require('mongoose'),
// Load User model
User = mongoose.model('User'),
// Create Thing schema
thingSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
_user: {
type: ObjectId,
@brandonaaskov
brandonaaskov / jQuery Change Event: Proper Binding
Created January 11, 2012 21:34
jQuery's change() event doesn't work as expected with input text fields. This, however, does work.
/*
For some reason, the change() event only fires when the input field loses focus.
Binding to other options ('change keypress paste focus textInput input') will
fire the event several times, which is bad. The below code works even when
content is pasted into the text field, and only fires once as expected.
*/
$('#search-form .term').bind('input', function(){
console.log('this actually works');
});
@hernan
hernan / autocomplete.html
Created November 30, 2011 15:39
jquery autocomplete demo with custom render item implementation
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>jQuery UI Autocomplete - Custom data and display</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="../../themes/base/jquery.ui.all.css">
<script src="../../jquery-1.6.2.js"></script>
<script src="../../ui/jquery.ui.core.js"></script>
<script src="../../ui/jquery.ui.widget.js"></script>
@fwielstra
fwielstra / api.js
Created June 14, 2011 14:46
An example NodeJS / Mongoose / Express application based on their respective tutorials
/* The API controller
Exports 3 methods:
* post - Creates a new thread
* list - Returns a list of threads
* show - Displays a thread and its posts
*/
var Thread = require('../models/thread.js');
var Post = require('../models/post.js');
@aliang
aliang / reserved_name_validator.rb
Created December 30, 2010 23:49
validate reserved names in Rails 3
# app/validators/reserved_name_validator.rb
class ReservedNameValidator < ActiveModel::EachValidator
RESERVED_NAMES = %w{
about account add admin api
app apps archive archives auth
blog
config connect contact create
delete direct_messages downloads
edit email
faq favorites feed feeds follow followers following
@karmi
karmi / workers.rake
Created July 22, 2010 15:58
Rake taks to launch multiple Resque workers in development/production with simple management included
# Rake task to launch multiple Resque workers in development/production with simple management included
require 'resque/tasks' # Require Resque tasks
namespace :workers do
# = $ rake workers:start
#
# Launch multiple Resque workers with the Rails environment loaded,
# so they have access to your models, etc.