package main import ( "log" "net" "net/http" "sync" "golang.org/x/time/rate" ) // Create a map to hold the rate limiters for each visitor and a mutex. var visitors = make(map[string]*rate.Limiter) var mu sync.Mutex // Retrieve and return the rate limiter for the current visitor if it // already exists. Otherwise create a new rate limiter and add it to // the visitors map, using the IP address as the key. func getVisitor(ip string) *rate.Limiter { mu.Lock() defer mu.Unlock() limiter, exists := visitors[ip] if !exists { limiter = rate.NewLimiter(1, 3) visitors[ip] = limiter } return limiter } func limit(next http.Handler) http.Handler { return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) { // Get the IP address for the current user. ip, _, err := net.SplitHostPort(r.RemoteAddr) if err != nil { log.Println(err.Error()) http.Error(w, "Internal Server Error", http.StatusInternalServerError) return } // Call the getVisitor function to retreive the rate limiter for // the current user. limiter := getVisitor(ip) if limiter.Allow() == false { http.Error(w, http.StatusText(429), http.StatusTooManyRequests) return } next.ServeHTTP(w, r) }) }