RateLimitingPlugin

Simulates rate-limit behaviors.

Configuration example

{
  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dotnet/dev-proxy/main/schemas/v2.1.0/rc.schema.json",
  "plugins": [
    {
      "name": "RateLimitingPlugin",
      "enabled": true,
      "pluginPath": "~appFolder/plugins/DevProxy.Plugins.dll",
      "configSection": "rateLimiting"
    }
  ],
  "rateLimiting": {
    "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dotnet/dev-proxy/main/schemas/v2.1.0/ratelimitingplugin.schema.json",
    "costPerRequest": 2,
    "rateLimit": 120
  }
}

Configuration properties

Property	Description	Default
headerLimit	Name of the response header that communicates the rate-limiting limit	RateLimit-Limit
headerRemaining	Name of the response header that communicates the remaining number of resources before the reset	RateLimit-Remaining
headerReset	Name of the response header that communicates the time remaining until the reset	RateLimit-Reset
headerRetryAfter	Name of the response header that communicates the retry-after period	Retry-After
costPerRequest	How many resources does a request cost	2
resetTimeWindowSeconds	How long in seconds until the next reset	60
warningThresholdPercent	The percentage of use that's when exceeded starts returning rate limiting response headers	80
rateLimit	Number of resources for a time window	120
whenLimitExceeded	The behavior the plugin should use when limit is exceeded. Use Throttle or Custom.	Throttle
resetFormat	The format used to determine when the rate limit resets. Use SecondsLeft or UtcEpochSeconds.	SecondsLeft
customResponseFile	File containing a custom error response used when limit is exceeded.	rate-limit-response.json

Command line options

None

Next step

Simulate Rate-Limit API responses