agussuroyo/rate-limiter

A simple and flexible rate limiter for PHP

1.0.0 2025-03-20 13:41 UTC

Requires

• php: >=7.4

Requires (Dev)

• mockery/mockery: ^1.6
• phpstan/phpstan: ^1.10
• phpunit/phpunit: ^9.5
• predis/predis: ^2.3

MIT

README

RateLimiter is a simple and flexible PHP package for rate limiting requests using different storage backends such as file storage and Redis.

Features

• Set request limits dynamically.
• Supports multiple storage backends (File, Redis).
• Easy-to-use API.
• Complies with SOLID principles for extensibility.

Installation

You can install the package via Composer:

composer require agussuroyo/rate-limiter

Usage

Basic Usage

use AgusSuroyo\RateLimiter\RateLimiter;

$limiter = new RateLimiter('guest', 5, 60); // Key, Max Attempts, Decay Seconds

if ($limiter->tooManyAttempts()) {
    echo "Too many requests. Please try again later.";
    return;
}

$limiter->hit();
echo "Request allowed.";

Constructor Parameters

The RateLimiter constructor accepts four parameters:

1. Key (string) - A unique identifier for the rate limit (e.g., user ID or IP address).
2. Max Attempts (int) - The maximum number of allowed requests within the decay period.
3. Decay Seconds (int) - The time window (in seconds) before the attempt count resets.
4. Storage (StorageInterface, optional) - The storage mechanism to persist request attempts. If not provided, it defaults to FileStorage.

Using Redis Storage

use AgusSuroyo\RateLimiter\RateLimiter;
use AgusSuroyo\RateLimiter\Storage\RedisStorage;

$redis = new Redis();
$redis->connect('127.0.0.1', 6379);
$storage = new RedisStorage($redis);

$limiter = new RateLimiter('guest', 5, 60, $storage);

if ($limiter->tooManyAttempts()) {
    echo "Too many requests. Please try again later.";
    return;
}

$limiter->hit();
echo "Request allowed.";

Clearing Rate Limit

$limiter->clear();

Creating a Custom Storage

To implement a custom storage, create a class that implements StorageInterface:

use AgusSuroyo\RateLimiter\Contracts\StorageInterface;

class CustomStorage implements StorageInterface
{
    private array $data = [];

    public function getAttempts(string $key): array
    {
        return $this->data[$key] ?? [];
    }

    public function saveAttempts(string $key, array $attempts, int $decaySeconds): void
    {
        $this->data[$key] = $attempts;
    }

    public function clear(string $key): void
    {
        unset($this->data[$key]);
    }
}

$customStorage = new CustomStorage();
$limiter = new RateLimiter('guest', 5, 60, $customStorage);

Testing

Run unit tests using PHPUnit:

vendor/bin/phpunit

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please submit a pull request or open an issue.

License

This package is open-source software licensed under the MIT license.