Learn how to implement rate limiting in the ASP.NET Core Web API to manage and control incoming requests with code examples.

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This post discusses rate limiting in ASP.NET Core Web API, including its importance in online systems and its implementation using built-in middleware. It covers different rate-limiting strategies such as fixed window limiter, sliding window limiter, token bucket limiter, and concurrency limiter. It also explores how rate limiting can be enabled or disabled for specific controllers or actions.

Built-In Rate Limiting in ASP.NET Core Web API

Real-World Applications Using Rate Limiting

Rate Limiting in Older Versions of ASP.NET Core

Implementing Rate Limiting in an ASP.NET Core Minimal API

Enable or Disable Rate Limiting in ASP.NET Core Controllers

Advanced Rate Limiting Techniques in ASP.NET Core

<p>This is useful, but most of the times I won’t let my .Net server face front the outside world, it is usually behind some reverse proxy which already does the rate limitation (for e.g.: nginx)</p>
