How to avoid flooding ajax request in django

Question

In django, I created a simple ajax handler that will check the POST request and successfully write to the database, which will later be available for public inspection. Anonymous is allowed in this case.

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How do I handle scripts / robots that constantly submit ajax requests to my URL for spam / DOS purposes?

Answer 1

There are several ways to do this. If you do not want to do this through the lower level (server, load balancer), 0 may be a good choice.

It can throttle anonymous cookie requests / IP addresses. Just call the view through the handler, apply the appropriate decorator, and you should be set up.