API Rate Limiting Server

This project implements an HTTP server with rate limiting. It ensures no more than 5 requests per second can be processed.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Features
• Installation
• Endpoints
• Usage
• Test
• License

Introduction

The API rate limiting server limits the number of requests per second to prevent abuse and manage server load effectively. It provides detailed logging and health check endpoints to monitor server status.

Features

• Rate limiting to 5 requests per second
• Health check endpoint to monitor server status
• Detailed request logging

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/surajupadhaya/Simple-API-RateLimit cd Simple-API-RateLimit

2. Install dependencies: go mod tidy

Endpoints

1. /: Default route returns a "stupid request" message with status 400.

2. /healthcheck: Endpoint to check the health status of the server. Returns "Health Passed" if the /healthcheck file exists, otherwise "Health Failed".

3. /api/v1/product: Example endpoint for the product API. Returns "This is a Product API" if the /api/v1/product file exists, otherwise "There is no Product API".

Usage

1. Run the API rate limiting server: go run main.go
2. Access the server: curl -w %{http_code}http://localhost:8080

Test

1. Run Httperf tool to test the rate limiting Below httperf command is sending 6 connection parallelly in one sec Out of 6 only 1 will receive 503 code (due to throttling) remaining will receive based on behavior

   #httperf --server localhost --port 8080 --uri /healthcheck --num-conns 6

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

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