# Feature request for HttpLimitReqModule

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/feature-request-for-httplimitreqmodule/214861>\
**Category:** NGINX\
**Created:** [December 14, 2011, 3:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/feature-request-for-httplimitreqmodule/214861 "2011-12-14T03:30:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 3:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/feature-request-for-httplimitreqmodule/214861/1 "2011-12-14T03:30:52Z")

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Hi,

I have a huge problem on my site with site scrapers, spam and spider  
bots. What I was thinking was that I could use the HttpLimitReqModule  
module to limit the number of requests per ip except that limits on a  
level of per second or per minute is too small. Most of these bots fetch  
pages or do things at a similar rate to regular users the difference  
here is that over an hour or a day they fetch hundreds of pages  
sometimes thousands. I can’t use iptables either because they usually  
use one connection and sometimes users with real browsers establish more  
connections than these robots.

My request is to increase the measured speed unit in the limit\_req\_zone  
directive to something larger than per minute; ie per hour, per day.

Posted at Nginx Forum:

> **[feature request for HttpLimitReqModule](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,220020,220020#msg-220020)**
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> Hi, I have a huge problem on my site with site scrapers, spam and spider bots. What I was thinking was that I could use the HttpLimitReqModule module to limit the number of requests per ip except that limits on a level of per second or per minute is...