rate-limiter-request-queue

rateLimitedRequestQueue

A utility function for handling HTTP requests in a rate-limited manner. It helps to control the rate at which requests are made, so that your API usage stays within the limits set by the API provider.

Installation

You can install rateLimitedRequestQueue using npm:

npm install ratelimitedrequestqueue

Usage

import rateLimitedRequestQueue from "ratelimitedrequestqueue";

const limitedRequest = rateLimitedRequestQueue(10, 1000, true);

for (let x = 0; x < 100; x++) {
  limitedRequest(async () => {
    console.log(x);
  }).then(() => console.log("finished" + x));
  console.log(x);
}

API

rateLimitedRequestQueue(maxRequestsPerInterval, interval, [evenlySpaced = false])

maxRequestsPerInterval

Type: number

Maximum number of requests that can be made in an interval.

interval

Type: number

Time duration in milliseconds for an interval.

evenlySpaced

Type: boolean

Specifies if all requests should be evenly spaced out within the interval. Defaults to false.