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How can I configure rate limiting immediately after a webhook trigger depending on a value in the body?
To configure rate limiting for your workflow, you can enable it in your workflow settings and set the limit and interval. However, this method applies a fixed rate limit to the entire workflow and doesn’t depend on a value in the webhook trigger’s body. If you want to apply rate limiting based on a value in the webhook trigger’s body, you’ll need to implement custom logic within your workflow. You can use a code step to check the value in the webhook trigger’s body and then use $.sleep() to introduce a delay based on that value. Here’s an example: export default defineComponent({ async run({ steps, $ }) { // Get the value from the webhook trigger's body const rateLimitValue = steps.trigger.event.body.rateLimitValue; // Calculate the delay based on the rateLimitValue const delay = rateLimitValue * 1000; // Convert to milliseconds if needed // Introduce the delay await $.sleep(delay); // Continue with the rest of your workflow actions }, }); Replace rateLimitValue with the actual property from the webhook trigger’s body. This code step will introduce a delay based on the value in the webhook trigger’s body before continuing with the rest of the workflow actions.
Couple of ways to do this. in nodejs (or the language of your preference), You could have an array of options that might come in
const delayArray = [
{ name: "OptionA", delay: 500 },
{ name: "OptionB", delay: 1000 },
{ name: "OptionC", delay: 1500 },
{ name: "OptionD", delay: 2000 }
];
Then you could just create a function for delay, like below:
**function** delay(ms) {
return **new** Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
}
then to invoke, you would firstly look up the name in the array and return the delay value,
then invoke the function with delay value
**await** delay(delayValue);
You could also use the built in filter function maybe (although it would be maybe harder to keep on top of)
Good stuff. Thanks!
np