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+"""
+Connection limitation.
+
+Number of connections from one IP is limited.
+We have nothing against scripting and automated queries.
+Even the opposite, we encourage them. But there are some
+connection limits that even we can't handle.
+Currently the limits are quite restrictive, but they will be relaxed
+in the future.
+
+Usage:
+
+        limits = Limits()
+        not_allowed = limits.check_ip(ip_address)
+        if not_allowed:
+            return "ERROR: %s" % not_allowed
+
+[Taken from github.com/chubin/cheat.sh]
+"""
+
+import time
+from globals import log
+
+def _time_caps(minutes, hours, days):
+    return {
+        'min':   minutes,
+        'hour':  hours,
+        'day':   days,
+        }
+
+class Limits(object):
+    """
+    Queries limitation (by IP).
+
+    Exports:
+
+        check_ip(ip_address)
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, whitelist=None, limits=None):
+        self.intervals = ['min', 'hour', 'day']
+
+        self.divisor = _time_caps(60, 3600, 86400)
+        self.last_update = _time_caps(0, 0, 0)
+
+        if limits:
+            self.limit = _time_caps(*limits)
+        else:
+            self.limit = _time_caps(30, 600, 1000)
+
+        if whitelist:
+            self.whitelist = whitelist[:]
+        else:
+            self.whitelist = []
+
+        self.counter = {
+            'min':      {},
+            'hour':     {},
+            'day':      {},
+            }
+
+        self._clear_counters_if_needed()
+
+    def _log_visit(self, interval, ip_address):
+        if ip_address not in self.counter[interval]:
+            self.counter[interval][ip_address] = 0
+        self.counter[interval][ip_address] += 1
+
+    def _limit_exceeded(self, interval, ip_address):
+        visits = self.counter[interval][ip_address]
+        limit = self._get_limit(interval)
+        return  visits > limit
+
+    def _get_limit(self, interval):
+        return self.limit[interval]
+
+    def _report_excessive_visits(self, interval, ip_address):
+        log("%s LIMITED [%s for %s]" % (ip_address, self._get_limit(interval), interval))
+
+    def check_ip(self, ip_address):
+        """
+        Check if `ip_address` is allowed, and if not raise an RuntimeError exception.
+        Return True otherwise
+        """
+        if ip_address in self.whitelist:
+            return None
+        self._clear_counters_if_needed()
+        for interval in self.intervals:
+            self._log_visit(interval, ip_address)
+            if self._limit_exceeded(interval, ip_address):
+                self._report_excessive_visits(interval, ip_address)
+                return ("Not so fast! Number of queries per %s is limited to %s"
+                        % (interval, self._get_limit(interval)))
+        return None
+
+    def reset(self):
+        """
+        Reset all counters for all IPs
+        """
+        for interval in self.intervals:
+            self.counter[interval] = {}
+
+    def _clear_counters_if_needed(self):
+        current_time = int(time.time())
+        for interval in self.intervals:
+            if current_time // self.divisor[interval] != self.last_update[interval]:
+                self.counter[interval] = {}
+                self.last_update[interval] = current_time / self.divisor[interval]