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title: "Discussion on \"Rate Limiter\" | Hashnode"
description: "Discussion on \"Rate Limiter\". What is a Rate Limiter ?\nRate limiting as the name suggests, refers to preventing the frequency of an operation from exceeding a defined limit. \nImagine we have a service which is receiving a huge number of requests, but it can only serve a limited n..."
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# [Rate Limiter](https://codeminion.hashnode.dev/rate-limiter?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

What is a Rate Limiter ? Rate limiting as the name suggests, refers to preventing the frequency of an operation from exceeding a defined limit. Imagine we have a service which is receiving a huge number of requests, but it can only serve a limited n...

Apr 2, 2022 · 3 min read · codeminion.hashnode.dev  
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[Diego Ballesteros (Relatable Code)](https://hashnode.com/@diegoballesteros)

[Apr 2, 2022](https://hashnode.com/posts/rate-limiter/624835eb4b4dde0dc0be69d8/comment/62483a4f16cdedfe9f7cd094)

Useful write-up and something I'm very much considering now that I'm going to be using the GitHub API for some side-projects and they definitely have some limits.

[Subham Sanghai](https://hashnode.com/@codeminion)

[Apr 2, 2022](https://hashnode.com/posts/rate-limiter/624835eb4b4dde0dc0be69d8/comment/62483a4f16cdedfe9f7cd094#reply-624842d016cdedfe9f7cd131)

yes, always a good practice to call the upstream APIs in rate limited way, and avoid 429 errors