{
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "$id": "https://www.krakend.io/schema/v2.10/qos/ratelimit/proxy.json",
  "title": "Backend Ratelimit",
  "description": "Restrict the rate of requests KrakenD makes to your backends.\n\nSee: https://www.krakend.io/docs/backends/rate-limit/",
  "type": "object",
  "required": [ "max_rate", "capacity" ],
  "properties": {
    "capacity": {
      "$id": "#qos/ratelimit/proxy/capacity",
      "title": "Capacity",
      "description": "The capacity according to the [token bucket algorithm](https://www.krakend.io/docs/throttling/token-bucket/). Defines the maximum requests you can do in an instant (including the zero moment when you start the gateway), and can be larger or smaller than the `max_rate`. When unsure, use the same value of `max_rate`, so the maximum number of requests can be consumed at once.\n\nSee: https://www.krakend.io/docs/backends/rate-limit/",
      "default": 1,
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "every": {
      "title": "Time window",
      "description": "Time period in which the counter works. For instance, if you set an `every` of `10m` and a `max_rate` of `5`, you are allowing 5 requests every ten minutes.\n\nSee: https://www.krakend.io/docs/endpoints/rate-limit/",
      "default": "1s",
      "$ref": "../../timeunits.json#/$defs/timeunit",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "max_rate": {
      "$id": "#qos/ratelimit/proxy/max_rate",
      "title": "Max rate",
      "description": "Maximum requests per second you want to accept in this backend.\n\nSee: https://www.krakend.io/docs/backends/rate-limit/",
      "examples": [ 0.5 ],
      "type": "number"
    }
  },
  "patternProperties": {
    "^[@$_#]": {}
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}