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## Description
Implementation of the [Governor](https://github.com/antifuchs/governor.git) rate limiter for [Rocket](https://rocket.rs) web framework.
Rate limiting is used to control the rate requests are received and handled by an endpoint of the web application
or web service.
## Rocket specific features
Define as many rate limits with [Quota](https://docs.rs/governor/latest/governor/struct.Quota.html) of Governor
as you like and need in your Rocket web application/service.
It is implemented as a Rocket [Request Guard](https://rocket.rs/v0.5-rc/guide/requests/#request-guards) and provides
also an implementation of an [Error Catcher](https://rocket.rs/v0.5-rc/guide/requests/#error-catchers).
The Error Catcher can be registered on any path to handle [`Status::TooManyRequests`](https://api.rocket.rs/v0.5-rc/rocket/http/struct.Status.html#associatedconstant.TooManyRequests) and provide HTTP headers in the response.
## Usage
Add dependencies to [rocket-governor](https://crates.io/crates/rocket-governor) and [rocket-governor-derive](https://crates.io/crates/rocket-governor-derive) crates to your _Cargo.toml_.
Implement `RocketGovernable` for a _guard struct_ which derives from `RocketGovernor`:
```rust
use rocket_governor::{Method, Quota, RocketGovernable};
use rocket_governor_derive::{RocketGovernor, RocketGovernorWithMember};
#[derive(RocketGovernor)]
pub struct RateLimitGuard;
impl<'r> RocketGovernable<'r> for RateLimitGuard {
fn quota(_method: Method, _route_name: &str) -> Quota {
Quota::per_second(Self::nonzero(1u32))
}
}
```
This requires to implement the method `fn quota(_: Method, _: &str) -> Quota`.
You can vary your `Quota` on any combination of __method__ and __route_name__, but the returned `Quota` should be a _static-like_. It should __not change__ between invocations of the `quota()`-method with equal parameters.
If your struct has members, there is an alternative `derive` which requires to implement [`Default`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/default/trait.Default.html):
```rust
#[derive(RocketGovernorWithMember)]
pub struct RateLimitGuardWithMember {
pub member: u8,
}
impl<'r> RocketGovernable<'r> for RateLimitGuardWithMember {
fn quota(_method: Method, _route_name: &str) -> Quota {
Quota::with_period(Duration::from_secs(2u64)).unwrap()
}
}
impl Default for RateLimitGuardWithMember {
fn default() -> Self {
Self { member: 254u8 }
}
}
```
There is a small helper function `nonzero(u32)` for creating Quotas in your `quota()`-implementation e.g.:
```rust
Quota::per_second(Self::nonzero(1u32))
```
After implementing the minimal requirements of the derived struct you can add your _Guard_ to your route-methods like:
```rust
#[get("/")]
fn route_test(_limitguard: RateLimitGuard) -> Status {
Status::Ok
}
```
### Register Catcher
To handle HTTP Status 429 TooManyRequests there is an catcher-function implementation.
It is __called__ like your __*`struct`-name*__ in __lowercase__ with the extension __*_rocket_governor_catcher*__.
So in this usage example there exist two catcher-functions `ratelimitguard_rocket_governor_catcher()` and `ratelimitguardwithmember_rocket_governor_catcher()`.
Register it with `register(<path>, <catchers>)`-method of Rocket:
```rust
#[launch]
fn launch_rocket() -> _ {
rocket::build()
.mount("/", routes![route_test])
.register("/", catchers!(ratelimitguard_rocket_governor_catcher))
}
```
### Additional information
To understand the basics of Rocket, please visit the _Rocket Guide_:
* https://rocket.rs/v0.5-rc/guide/requests/#request-guards
* https://rocket.rs/v0.5-rc/guide/requests/#error-catchers
## Licenses
You can choose between __[MIT License](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)__ or __[Apache License 2.0](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)__.
### MIT License
Copyright (c) 2021 Markus Kolb
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