Allow customization of weight per request for rate limiting

README.md

@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ Throttle state is stored in a [configurable cache](#cache-store-configuration) (
 
 #### `throttle(name, options, &block)`
 
-Name your custom throttle, provide `limit` and `period` as options, and make your ruby-block argument return the __discriminator__. This discriminator is how you tell rack-attack whether you're limiting per IP address, per user email or any other.
+Name your custom throttle, provide `limit`, `period` and `weight` as options, and make your ruby-block argument return the __discriminator__. This discriminator is how you tell rack-attack whether you're limiting per IP address, per user email or any other.
 
 The request object is a [Rack::Request](http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/rack/Rack/Request).
 
@@ -275,6 +275,14 @@ period_proc = proc { |req| req.env["REMOTE_USER"] == "admin" ? 1 : 60 }
 Rack::Attack.throttle('request per ip', limit: limit_proc, period: period_proc) do |request|
   request.ip
 end
+
+# Weight can be used to make some requests cost more than others while
+# sharing the same limit.
+weight_proc = proc { |req| req.path.start_with?('/search') ? 10 : 1 }
+
+Rack::Attack.throttle('request per ip', limit: 10, period: 1, weight: weight_proc) do |request|
+  request.ip
+end
 ```
 
 ### Tracks

lib/rack/attack/cache.rb

@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ def store=(store)
           end
       end
 
-      def count(unprefixed_key, period)
+      def count(unprefixed_key, period, weight = 1)
         key, expires_in = key_and_expiry(unprefixed_key, period)
-        do_count(key, expires_in)
+        do_count(key, expires_in, weight)
       end
 
       def read(unprefixed_key)
@@ -67,19 +67,19 @@ def key_and_expiry(unprefixed_key, period)
         ["#{prefix}:#{(@last_epoch_time / period).to_i}:#{unprefixed_key}", expires_in]
       end
 
-      def do_count(key, expires_in)
+      def do_count(key, expires_in, weight)
         enforce_store_presence!
         enforce_store_method_presence!(:increment)
 
-        result = store.increment(key, 1, expires_in: expires_in)
+        result = store.increment(key, weight, expires_in: expires_in)
 
         # NB: Some stores return nil when incrementing uninitialized values
         if result.nil?
           enforce_store_method_presence!(:write)
 
-          store.write(key, 1, expires_in: expires_in)
+          store.write(key, weight, expires_in: expires_in)
         end
-        result || 1
+        result || weight
       end
 
       def enforce_store_presence!

lib/rack/attack/throttle.rb

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ class Attack
     class Throttle
       MANDATORY_OPTIONS = [:limit, :period].freeze
 
-      attr_reader :name, :limit, :period, :block, :type
+      attr_reader :name, :limit, :period, :weight, :block, :type
 
       def initialize(name, options, &block)
         @name = name
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ def initialize(name, options, &block)
         end
         @limit = options[:limit]
         @period = options[:period].respond_to?(:call) ? options[:period] : options[:period].to_i
+        @weight = options[:weight].respond_to?(:call) ? options[:weight] : (options[:weight] || 1).to_i
         @type   = options.fetch(:type, :throttle)
       end
 
@@ -28,7 +29,8 @@ def matched_by?(request)
 
         current_period  = period_for(request)
         current_limit   = limit_for(request)
-        count           = cache.count("#{name}:#{discriminator}", current_period)
+        current_weight  = weight_for(request)
+        count           = cache.count("#{name}:#{discriminator}", current_period, current_weight)
 
         data = {
           discriminator: discriminator,
@@ -65,6 +67,10 @@ def limit_for(request)
         limit.respond_to?(:call) ? limit.call(request) : limit
       end
 
+      def weight_for(request)
+        weight.respond_to?(:call) ? weight.call(request) : weight
+      end
+
       def annotate_request_with_throttle_data(request, data)
         (request.env['rack.attack.throttle_data'] ||= {})[name] = data
       end

spec/acceptance/throttling_spec.rb

@@ -34,6 +34,79 @@
     end
   end
 
+  it "supports a non-1 constant weight" do
+    Rack::Attack.throttle("by ip", limit: 4, period: 60, weight: 2) do |request|
+      request.ip
+    end
+
+    get "/", {}, "REMOTE_ADDR" => "1.2.3.4"
+
+    assert_equal 200, last_response.status
+
+    get "/", {}, "REMOTE_ADDR" => "1.2.3.4"
+
+    assert_equal 200, last_response.status
+
+    get "/", {}, "REMOTE_ADDR" => "1.2.3.4"
+
+    assert_equal 429, last_response.status
+    assert_nil last_response.headers["Retry-After"]
+    assert_equal "Retry later\n", last_response.body
+
+    get "/", {}, "REMOTE_ADDR" => "5.6.7.8"
+
+    assert_equal 200, last_response.status
+
+    Timecop.travel(60) do
+      get "/", {}, "REMOTE_ADDR" => "1.2.3.4"
+
+      assert_equal 200, last_response.status
+    end
+  end
+
+  it "supports a dynamic weight" do
+    weight_proc = lambda do |request|
+      if request.env["X-APIKey"] == "private-secret"
+        3
+      else
+        2
+      end
+    end
+    Rack::Attack.throttle("by ip", limit: 4, period: 60, weight: weight_proc) do |request|
+      request.ip
+    end
+
+    get "/", {}, "REMOTE_ADDR" => "1.2.3.4"
+
+    assert_equal 200, last_response.status
+
+    get "/", {}, "REMOTE_ADDR" => "1.2.3.4"
+
+    assert_equal 200, last_response.status
+
+    get "/", {}, "REMOTE_ADDR" => "1.2.3.4"
+
+    assert_equal 429, last_response.status
+    assert_nil last_response.headers["Retry-After"]
+    assert_equal "Retry later\n", last_response.body
+
+    get "/", {}, "REMOTE_ADDR" => "5.6.7.8", "X-APIKey" => "private-secret"
+
+    assert_equal 200, last_response.status
+
+    get "/", {}, "REMOTE_ADDR" => "5.6.7.8", "X-APIKey" => "private-secret"
+
+    assert_equal 429, last_response.status
+    assert_nil last_response.headers["Retry-After"]
+    assert_equal "Retry later\n", last_response.body
+
+    Timecop.travel(60) do
+      get "/", {}, "REMOTE_ADDR" => "1.2.3.4"
+
+      assert_equal 200, last_response.status
+    end
+  end
+
   it "returns correct Retry-After header if enabled" do
     Rack::Attack.throttled_response_retry_after_header = true