# Dynamic request rate throttling

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dynamic-request-rate-throttling/237818>\
**Category:** NGINX\
**Created:** [December 2, 2013, 11:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dynamic-request-rate-throttling/237818 "2013-12-02T11:00:07Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 2, 2013, 11:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dynamic-request-rate-throttling/237818/1 "2013-12-02T11:00:07Z")

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Hello,

I wish I could send a notification to nginx to dynamically limit the  
request  
rate per second.

Say I use the request rate module, i would like to be able to override  
dynamically this setting.

How would I do that ?

I read about the zone but not sure if i can interfere in this way.

Any clue ?

thanks  
Larry

Posted at Nginx Forum:

> **[Dynamic request rate throttling](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,245116,245116#msg-245116)**
>
> Hello, I wish I could send a notification to nginx to dynamically limit the request rate per second. Say I use the request rate module, i would like to be able to override dynamically this setting. How would I do that ? I read about the zon