feat: Implement Flask-Limiter on the search module

.github/workflows/pr.yaml

@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ jobs:
 
  - name: Test Python
  run: |
- python3 setup.py install --user test
+ pip install -e .
+ pip install httpretty
+ python -m unittest discover tests
 
 
  check-inclusive-naming:

CHANGES.txt

@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ v1.2.5, 2022-07-12 -- Block some more bot useragents
 v1.2.6, 2022-07-13 -- Block one more useragent - "gh"
 v1.2.7, 2022-07-15 -- Block more user agents - "Petalbot"
 v1.3.0, 2023-02-20 -- Add rate limits
+v1.4.0, 2-24-06-21 -- Migrate to Flask.Limiter for rate limits

README.md

@@ -38,11 +38,12 @@ app.add_url_rule(
  "/docs/search",
  "docs-search",
  build_search_view(
+ app=app
  session=session,
  site="maas.io/docs",
  template_path="docs/search.html",
  search_engine_id="xxxxxxxxxx", # Optional argument, required by some of our sites
- request_limit="500/day", # Allows your to configure the limit at which the user will be forbidden to query more. Defaults to 500 per day
+ request_limit="500/day", # Allows your to configure the limit at which the user will be forbidden to query more. Defaults to 2000 per day
  )
 )
 ```

canonicalwebteam/search/views.py

@@ -3,26 +3,28 @@
 
 # Packages
 import flask
+from flask_limiter import Limiter
+from flask_limiter.util import get_remote_address
 
 # Local
 from canonicalwebteam.search.models import get_search_results
-from limits import storage, strategies, parse
-
-memory_storage = storage.MemoryStorage()
-fixed_window = strategies.MovingWindowRateLimiter(memory_storage)
 
 
 class NoAPIKeyError(Exception):
  pass
 
 
+limiter = Limiter(get_remote_address)
+
+
 def build_search_view(
+ app,
  session,
  site=None,
  template_path="search.html",
  search_engine_id="009048213575199080868:i3zoqdwqk8o",
  site_restricted_search=False,
- request_limit="500/day",
+ request_limit="2000/day",
 ):
  """
  Build and return a view function that will query the
@@ -33,31 +35,26 @@ def build_search_view(
 
  from canonicalwebteam.search import build_search_view
 
- app = Flask()
+ app = Flask(__name__)
  session = talisker.requests.get_session()
  app.add_url_rule(
  "/search",
  "search",
  build_search_view(
+ app,
  session=session,
  site="snapcraft.io",
  template_path="search.html"
  )
  )
  """
 
+ limiter.init_app(app)
+
  def search_view():
  """
  Get search results from Google Custom Search
  """
- # Rate limit requests to protect from spamming
- # To adjust this rate visit
- # https://limits.readthedocs.io/en/latest/quickstart.html#examples
- limit = parse(request_limit)
- rate_limit = fixed_window.hit(limit)
- if not rate_limit:
- return flask.abort(429, f"The rate limit is: {request_limit}")
-
  # API key should always be provided as an environment variable
  search_api_key = os.getenv("SEARCH_API_KEY")
 
@@ -72,16 +69,17 @@ def search_view():
  results = None
 
  if query:
- results = get_search_results(
- session=session,
- api_key=search_api_key,
- search_engine_id=search_engine_id,
- siteSearch=site_search,
- site_restricted_search=site_restricted_search,
- query=query,
- start=start,
- num=num,
- )
+ with limiter.limit(request_limit):
+ results = get_search_results(
+ session=session,
+ api_key=search_api_key,
+ search_engine_id=search_engine_id,
+ siteSearch=site_search,
+ site_restricted_search=site_restricted_search,
+ query=query,
+ start=start,
+ num=num,
+ )
 
  return (
  flask.render_template(

setup.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 setup(
  name="canonicalwebteam.search",
- version="1.3.0",
+ version="1.4.0",
  author="Canonical webteam",
  author_email="webteam@canonical.com",
  url="https://github.com/canonical/canonicalwebteam.search",
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@
  packages=find_packages(),
  long_description=open("README.md").read(),
  long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
- install_requires=["Flask>=1.0.2", "user-agents>=2.0.0", "limits>=3.2.0"],
+ install_requires=[
+ "canonicalwebteam.flask-base>=2.0.0",
+ "user-agents>=2.0.0",
+ "Flask-Limiter>=3.8.0",
+ ],
  tests_require=["httpretty"],
 )

tests/test_app.py

@@ -48,14 +48,15 @@ def setUp(self):
 
  # Default use-case
  self.app.add_url_rule(
- "/search", "search", build_search_view(session=session)
+ "/search", "search", build_search_view(self.app, session=session)
  )
 
  # Custom use-case
  self.app.add_url_rule(
  "/docs/search",
  "docs-search",
  build_search_view(
+ self.app,
  session=session,
  site="maas.io/docs",
  template_path="docs/search.html",
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ def setUp(self):
  "/server/docs/search",
  "server-docs-search",
  build_search_view(
+ self.app,
  session=session,
  template_path="docs/search.html",
  site_restricted_search=True,
@@ -78,6 +80,7 @@ def setUp(self):
  "/server/docs/limited/search",
  "server-docs-search-limited",
  build_search_view(
+ self.app,
  session=session,
  template_path="docs/search.html",
  site_restricted_search=True,