throttle 0.2.2

Simple Usage

import time
import throttle

# limit to 3 calls
# allow more every 1 second
@throttle.wrap(1, 3)
def aesthetic(*values):

  return ' '.join(values).upper()

for index in range(10):

  result = aesthetic('beautiful')

  success = not result is throttle.fail

  print(index, success)

  time.sleep(0.23)

Complex Usage

import time
import random
import throttle

# allow more every 1 second
delay = 1

# limit to 3 calls
limit = 3

# only check values less than 5 against the limit
key = lambda value: value < 5

# or Static()
valve = throttle.Valve()

# make some quick calls
for index in range(30):

  item = random.randrange(0, 8)

  allow = valve.check(delay, limit, item, key = key)

  print(item, allow)

  time.sleep(0.23)

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