limit-queue

Limit function calls with a timeout. Useful for rate limiting against services (e.g. TMDB). Supports promises.

• limit-queue
• Install
• Usage
• RateLimitQueue
• Test

Install

npm install --save limit-queue

or

yarn add limit-queue

Usage

With promises or async/await

import { RateLimitQueue } from "limit-queue";

const queue = new RateLimitQueue(1, 5000);

async function doSomething(): Promise<void> { 
    // Pool will start on first call
    await queue.limit(function () {
         return "Response One";  
    }); 

    await queue.limit(function () {
         return MyService.getUsers(); 
    }); 

    console.log("Done");
}

RateLimitQueue

Use this Queue as rate limit pool. cap function calls are allowed within poolMs milliseconds.

• cap: Amount of function calls within poolMs
• poolMs: If the cap is reached, wait for poolMs milliseconds

Test

npm test