Throttle Types

TIBCO API Exchange Gateway supports the following types of throttles:

  • Rate
    The rate throttle is a throttle that allows the requests to pass through until a limit is reached for a time interval.
  • Quota
    Quota throttle is similar to the Rate throttle, but it uses a much larger count over much longer intervals (such as hours). Quota throttles are increased on the request. For a quota throttle, define throttle interval (in hour) and throttle max limit, if the throttle counter is set to Request Count.
  • High Water Mark
    High Water Mark throttle is similar to the Rate throttle, but this throttle also decrements the count after the passed on requests are completed and the response is ready to return to the requester.
  • Error
    An Error throttle acts as a Rate Throttle in logic, but the Error throttle counts the number of error responses as opposed to the number of requests. The throttle count of an error throttle is increased on the error responses.