How-To: Rate limiting

The Dapr Rate limit HTTP middleware allows restricting the maximum number of allowed HTTP requests per second.

Middleware component definition

In the following definition, the maximum requests per second are set to 10:

apiVersion: dapr.io/v1alpha1
kind: Component
metadata:
  name: ratelimit
spec:
  type: middleware.http.ratelimit
  metadata:
  - name: maxRequestsPerSecond
    value: 10

Once the limit is reached, the request will return HTTP Status code 429: Too Many Requests.

Referencing the rate limit middleware

To be applied, the middleware must be referenced in a Dapr Configuration. See Middleware pipelines.

Related links

• Middleware concept
• Dapr configuration