# Limit\_rate but for upload

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/limit-rate-but-for-upload/214359>\
**Category:** NGINX\
**Created:** [November 29, 2011, 11:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/limit-rate-but-for-upload/214359 "2011-11-29T23:20:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/0ea827/32.png) [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2011, 11:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/limit-rate-but-for-upload/214359/1 "2011-11-29T23:20:21Z")

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Hello guys,

is there any way to limit upload rate (from user to server) like with  
limit\_rate directive for download?

I’ve found that this is possible with upload\_module but I do not want  
to use upload\_module just for this feature (and also it will not work  
in my application since I am using own method of uploading data). Here  
is discussion: [Throttling uploads (incoming) traffic to nginx - NGINX - Ruby-Forum](http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/175565) which suggest  
that it might be currently possible in nginx (but I can’t find how).

If it’s not currently possible, will it be hard to implement simple  
module which will accomplish that (somehow - simplified version of  
upload\_module :))?

Cheers,

–  
Kamil G.