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Another way to add a fast, distributed rate-limiting on top of your APIs is by using an API Gateway [1] like the open-source Kong [2]. This pattern is becoming
by sinzone 10y ago
Another way to add a fast, distributed rate-limiting on top of your APIs is by using an API Gateway [1] like the open-source Kong [2]. This pattern is becoming a standard since it saves time from re-implementing and duplicating the same rate limiting logic in each backend microservice.
[1] http://microservices.io/patterns/apigateway.html http://microservices.io/patterns/apigateway.html
[2] https://getkong.org/plugins/rate-limiting/ https://getkong.org/plugins/rate-limiting/
- LeonidBugaev 10y agoYeah, worth mentioning https://tyk.io https://tyk.io too. Also, do not forget about Quotas which usually comes along with Rate limits. Modern API gateways can handle so many stuff for you and help with API scaling.