Rack::Attack.throttle('pets/ip', limit: 3, period: 30.seconds) do |req| Rails.logger.debug "Pets hit? #{req.path.inspect} #{req.ip.inspect}" req.ip if req.path.start_with?('/pets/load') end PETS_THROTTLE_MESSAGE = "We've received a lot of pet names from you " + "recently, so we're giving our servers a break. Try " + "again in a minute or so. Thanks!" Rack::Attack.throttled_responder = lambda do |req| if req.env['rack.attack.matched'] == 'pets/ip' if req.path.end_with?('.json') [503, {}, [PETS_THROTTLE_MESSAGE]] else flash = req.flash flash[:warning] = PETS_THROTTLE_MESSAGE [302, {"Location" => "/"}, [PETS_THROTTLE_MESSAGE]] end else [503, {}, ["Retry later"]] end end