Implementing Smart Rate Limiting in Spring Boot

A practical guide to building a system-aware rate limiter with Bucket4j

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Introduction

Protecting your API from abuse is crucial. Rate limiting is key to your API security. It prevents denial-of-service attacks, manages resources, and ensures fair usage among clients. Spring Boot 3 and Bucket4j together provide a strong, flexible way to add rate limiting to your apps.

In this article, we will explore how to devel…