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| author | Michael Elovskikh | 2013-01-28 16:26:16 +0600 |
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| committer | Michael Elovskikh | 2013-01-28 16:26:16 +0600 |
| commit | 499d6424aee5b71b8e6b2500bf14fa85321bfc26 (patch) | |
| tree | 34f575fb078377208ded5251aea050668355d82a /docs/api-guide/throttling.md | |
| parent | 180c94dc44a9cc5b882364a58b0b12a8ab430c22 (diff) | |
| parent | 3bcd38b7d0ddaa2c051ad230cb0d749f9737fd82 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'upstream_master' into docs_patch_method
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diff --git a/docs/api-guide/throttling.md b/docs/api-guide/throttling.md index b03bc9e0..923593bc 100644 --- a/docs/api-guide/throttling.md +++ b/docs/api-guide/throttling.md @@ -150,8 +150,16 @@ User requests to either `ContactListView` or `ContactDetailView` would be restri # Custom throttles -To create a custom throttle, override `BaseThrottle` and implement `.allow_request(request, view)`. The method should return `True` if the request should be allowed, and `False` otherwise. +To create a custom throttle, override `BaseThrottle` and implement `.allow_request(self, request, view)`. The method should return `True` if the request should be allowed, and `False` otherwise. Optionally you may also override the `.wait()` method. If implemented, `.wait()` should return a recommended number of seconds to wait before attempting the next request, or `None`. The `.wait()` method will only be called if `.allow_request()` has previously returned `False`. +## Example + +The following is an example of a rate throttle, that will randomly throttle 1 in every 10 requests. + + class RandomRateThrottle(throttles.BaseThrottle): + def allow_request(self, request, view): + return random.randint(1, 10) == 1 + [permissions]: permissions.md |
