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Go rate limiter
This package provides a Golang implementation of the leaky-bucket rate limit algorithm. This implementation refills the bucket based on the time elapsed between requests instead of requiring an interval clock to fill the bucket discretely.
Create a rate limiter with a maximum number of operations to perform per second. Call Take() before each operation. Take will sleep until you can continue.
import (
"fmt"
"time"
"go.uber.org/ratelimit"
)
func main() {
rl := ratelimit.New(100) // per second
prev := time.Now()
for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
now := rl.Take()
fmt.Println(i, now.Sub(prev))
prev = now
}
// Output:
// 0 0
// 1 10ms
// 2 10ms
// 3 10ms
// 4 10ms
// 5 10ms
// 6 10ms
// 7 10ms
// 8 10ms
// 9 10ms
}
FAQ:
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What's the major diff v.s. https://pkg.go.dev/golang.org/x/time/rate? (based on #77)
This ratelimiter was meant to have a (1) simple API and (2) minimal overhead. For more complex use-cases x/time/rate is a great choice. See here for historical context, and here for benchmarks (from 2016).
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Why does example_test.go fail when I run it locally on Windows? (based on #80)
Windows has some known issues with timers precision. See golang/go#44343. We don't expect to work around it.