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JavaScript

Gustavo Winter
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Gustavo Winter
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Posted by Gustavo Winter
Gustavo Winter
Courses Plus Student 27,382 Points

How to limit 1 get request every 10 min?

Hi i'm using Express.

I need to limit the user to make just 1 Get request to the API at each 10 minutes.

I really have no idea on how to do it, i'll appreciate any help

thanks.

2 Answers

Alexander La Bianca
Alexander La Bianca
15,959 Points

If you want to limit your user to only allow hitting the API end point every 10 minutes I'd store a lastRun field with the user in your database. When your user launches the app send the lastRun time stamp with it. When the user then makes a request verify if 10 minutes have passed by comparing lastRun with the actual time. If 10 minutes did pass, send the API request. In the response then include the new lastRun time

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,007 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,007 Points

This is actually a better idea if your purpose is to impose a limit instead of an automated refresh. :+1:

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,007 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,007 Points

The "setInterval" function might be good for this. For example, if you had a function named "makeApiRequest" and wanted to run it every 10 minutes:

var timer = setInterval(makeApiRequest, 600000);  // 600K milliseconds = 10 minutes

Note that the first request won't occur until 10 minutes later. Do a separate one if you want one to happen right away.

If you later want to stop the cycle you can call "clearInterval(timer);".