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# SlowApi
A rate limiting library for Starlette and FastAPI adapted from [flask-limiter](http://github.com/alisaifee/flask-limiter).
Note: this is alpha quality code still, the API may change, and things may fall apart while you try it.
# Quick start
## Installation
`slowapi` is available from [pypi](https://pypi.org/project/slowapi/) so you can install it as usual:
```
$ pip install slowapi
```
## Starlette
```python
from starlette.applications import Starlette
from slowapi import Limiter, _rate_limit_exceeded_handler
from slowapi.util import get_remote_address
limiter = Limiter(key_func=get_remote_address)
app = Starlette()
app.state.limiter = limiter
app.add_exception_handler(RateLimitExceeded, _rate_limit_exceeded_handler)
@limiter.limit("5/minute")
async def homepage(request: Request):
return PlainTextResponse("test")
app.add_route("/home", homepage)
```
The above app will have a route `t1` that will accept up to 5 requests per minute. Requests beyond this limit will be answered with an HTTP 429 error, and the body of the view will not run.
## FastAPI
```python
from fastapi import FastAPI
from slowapi import Limiter, _rate_limit_exceeded_handler
from slowapi.util import get_remote_address
limiter = Limiter(key_func=get_remote_address)
app = FastAPI()
app.state.limiter = limiter
app.add_exception_handler(RateLimitExceeded, _rate_limit_exceeded_handler)
@app.get("/home")
@limiter.limit("5/minute")
async def homepage(request: Request):
return PlainTextResponse("test")
@app.get("/mars")
@limiter.limit("5/minute")
async def homepage(request: Request, response: Response):
return {"key": "value"}
```
This will provide the same result, but with a FastAPI app.
# Features
Most feature are coming from (will come from) FlaskLimiter and the underlying [limits](https://limits.readthedocs.io/).
Supported now:
- Single and multiple `limit` decorator on endpoint functions to apply limits
- redis, memcached and memory backends to track your limits (memory as a fallback)
- support for sync and async HTTP endpoints
- Support for shared limits across a set of routes
- Support for default global limit
# Limitations and known issues
* The `request` argument must be explicitly passed to your endpoint, or `slowapi` won't be able to hook into it. In other words, write:
```python
@limiter.limit("5/minute")
async def myendpoint(request: Request)
pass
```
and not:
```python
@limiter.limit("5/minute")
async def myendpoint()
pass
```
* Similarly, if the returned response is not an instance of `Response` and
will be built at an upper level in the middleware stack, you'll need to provide
the response object explicitly if you want the `Limiter` to modify the headers
(`headers_enabled=True`):
```python
@limiter.limit("5/minute")
async def myendpoint(request: Request, response: Response)
return {"key": "value"}
```
* `websocket` endpoints are not supported yet.
# Examples of setup
See [examples](examples.md)
# Developing and contributing
PRs are more than welcome! Please include tests for your changes :)
Please run [black](black.readthedocs.io/) on your code before committing, or your PR will not pass the tests.
The package uses [poetry](https://python-poetry.org) to manage dependencies. To setup your dev env:
```bash
$ poetry install
```
To run the tests:
```bash
$ pytest
```
# Credits
Credits go to [flask-limiter](https://github.com/alisaifee/flask-limiter) of which SlowApi is a (still partial) adaptation to Starlette and FastAPI.
It's also important to mention that the actual rate limiting work is done by [limits](https://github.com/alisaifee/limits/), `slowapi` is just a wrapper around it.
The documentation is built using [mkDocs](https://www.mkdocs.org/) and the API documentation is generated using [mkautodoc](https://github.com/tomchristie/mkautodoc).