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Throttling is a mechanism to regulate the rate at which processing is performed

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Simulate delayed and dropped packets on Linux

I would like to simulate packet delay and loss for UDP and TCP on Linux to measure the performance of an application. Is there a simple way to do this?
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Best way to implement request throttling in ASP.NET MVC?

We're experimenting with various ways to throttle user actions in a given time period: Limit question/answer posts Limit edits Limit feed retrievals For the time being, we're using the Cache to simply insert a record of user activity - if that…
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Throttling method calls to M requests in N seconds

I need a component/class that throttles execution of some method to maximum M calls in N seconds (or ms or nanos, does not matter). In other words I need to make sure that my method is executed no more than M times in a sliding window of N…
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How to use throttle or debounce with React Hook?

I'm trying to use the throttle method from lodash in a functional component, e.g.: const App = () => { const [value, setValue] = useState(0) useEffect(throttle(() => console.log(value), 1000), [value]) return (
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Simple throttle in JavaScript

I am looking for a simple throttle in JavaScript. I know libraries like lodash and underscore have it, but only for one function it will be overkill to include any of those libraries. I was also checking if jQuery has a similar function - could not…
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Throttle and queue up API requests due to per second cap

I'm use mikeal/request to make API calls. One of the API's I use most frequently (the Shopify API). Recently put out a new call limit, I'm seeing errors like: Exceeded 6.0 calls per second for api client. Slow your requests or contact support for…
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Throttling asynchronous tasks

I would like to run a bunch of async tasks, with a limit on how many tasks may be pending completion at any given time. Say you have 1000 URLs, and you only want to have 50 requests open at a time; but as soon as one request completes, you open up a…
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How can I throttle user login attempts in PHP

I was just reading this post The definitive guide to form-based website authentication on Preventing Rapid-Fire Login Attempts. Best practice #1: A short time delay that increases with the number of failed attempts, like: 1 failed attempt = no…
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How to throttle requests in a Web Api?

I'm trying to implement request throttling via the following: Best way to implement request throttling in ASP.NET MVC? I've pulled that code into my solution and decorated an API controller endpoint with the attribute:…
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How do I throttle my site's API users?

The legitimate users of my site occasionally hammer the server with API requests that cause undesirable results. I want to institute a limit of no more than say one API call every 5 seconds or n calls per minute (haven't figured out the exact limit…
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How can I debounce a method call?

I'm trying to use a UISearchView to query google places. In doing so, on text change calls for my UISearchBar, I'm making a request to google places. The problem is I'd rather debounce this call to only request once per 250 ms in order to avoid…
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CPU throttling in C++

I was just wondering if there is an elegant way to set the maximum CPU load for a particular thread doing intensive calculations. Right now I have located the most time-consuming loop in the thread (it does only compression) and use GetTickCount()…
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Throttling CPU/Memory usage of a Thread in Java?

I'm writing an application that will have multiple threads running, and want to throttle the CPU/memory usage of those threads. There is a similar question for C++, but I want to try and avoid using C++ and JNI if possible. I realize this might not…
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WCF stops responding after about 10 or so calls (throttling)

I have a WCF Service and an application with a Service Reference to it, and with the application I have a loop and in each iteration it's making a call to a method in this wcf web-service. The problem is that after about 9 calls or so, it just…
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'ab' program freezes after lots of requests, why?

Whenever I use 'ab' to benchmark a web server, it will freeze for a while after having sent lots of requests, only to continue after 20 seconds or so. Consider the following HTTP server simulator, written in Ruby: require 'socket' RESPONSE =…
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