Is it possible to add delay to concurrent requests in ASP.NET Web API 2?

Cenk 986 Reputation points
2023-12-10T13:28:56.5266667+00:00

I am using WebApiThrottle for rate limiting in my ASP.NET Web API 2 project, but I am having problems with concurrent requests. Instead of sending 429 too many requests responses, is it possible to delay concurrent requests, for example, allowing only one request per second? Here is my WebApiConfig:

public static class WebApiConfig
{
    public static void Register(HttpConfiguration config)
    {
        // Web API configuration and services

        config.Formatters.JsonFormatter.SerializerSettings.ReferenceLoopHandling = ReferenceLoopHandling.Ignore;
        config.Formatters.JsonFormatter.SerializerSettings.DateTimeZoneHandling =
            DateTimeZoneHandling.Local;
        // Web API routes
        config.MapHttpAttributeRoutes();

        config.Routes.MapHttpRoute(
            "DefaultApi",
            "api/{controller}/{id}",
            new { id = RouteParameter.Optional }
        );
        config.MessageHandlers.Add(new ThrottlingHandler()
        {
            Policy = new ThrottlePolicy(perSecond: 1, perMinute: 20)
            {
                IpThrottling = true,
                EndpointThrottling = true
            },
            Repository = new CacheRepository(),
            QuotaExceededMessage = "You may only perform this action every {0} seconds."
        });

        config.MessageHandlers.Add(new RequestResponseHandler());
        config.Filters.Add(new CustomExceptionFilter());

        var resolver = config.DependencyResolver; 
        var basicAuth = (BasicAuthenticationAttribute)resolver.GetService(typeof(BasicAuthenticationAttribute));
    }
}
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  1. Bruce (SqlWork.com) 60,391 Reputation points
    2023-12-10T17:17:12.0566667+00:00

    Delaying would stack up connections, and may queue up more work than the server can do. This is why throttling rejects requests, rather than delay.

    the calling client should respect the api limits.

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