Laravel 5.4 - Override API 'throttle:60,1'

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I'm writing a lot of API to get and store data.
I like the default throttle option:

protected $middlewareGroups = [
    'api' => [
        'throttle:60,1',
        'bindings',
    ],
];

to limit the request to 60 per minute; but for some route (es: POST), I'd like to increase this value.

I tried to set 'throttle:500,1' on route Middleware like below:

Route::group(function () {
        Route::get('semaphore/1',        ['uses' => 'App\Api\V1\DBs\SemaphoreController@index']);
        Route::post('semaphore/1',       ['uses' => 'App\Api\V1\DBs\SemaphoreController@store',        'middleware' => 'WriteToDatabaseMiddleware', 'throttle:500,1']);
});

but it does not work.

Any idea?

Thank you.

UPDATE:
I noticed that the 'throttle:500,1' used in the api.php route will be set AFTER the default 'throttle:60,1' specified into Kernel.php file; then, It doesn't work.

Logging the process execution, the first call is:

Illuminate\Routing\Middleware\ThrottleRequests -> handle

from Kernel.php has maxAttempts=60.

Then, the second call is:

Illuminate\Routing\Middleware\ThrottleRequests -> handle

from api.php has maxAttempts=500.

In others words, the throttle:500,1 in the api.php file do not override the throttle:60,1 in the Kernel.php file.

laravel-5.4 throttling php
3 Answers

In laravel 6 you can use prefix for prevent with global throttle. use 'throttle:5,1,prefix'

Route::group(['prefix' => 'contact-us', 'middleware' => 'throttle:5,1,contact-form',], function () {
    Route::post('/', 'ContactUsController@store');
});

Allow multiple throttles by naming

user_62628960

None of the current answers explain Laravel 5.x behaviour. In that version every instance of "throttle" uses the same bucket. So if you place a throttle command in two separate locations it affects every instance.

Consider:

// User can email 5 times an hour
Route::post('/email', 'Ctrl@email')->middleware('throttle:5,60');
// User can search 100 times an hour
Route::get('/search', 'Ctrl@search')->middleware('throttle:100,60);

If a user searches 5 times in a 5 minute period, they will not able to email in the next hour.

In Laravel 5.x there is no way around this. In Laravel 6 onwards they added the ability to name throttles, giving them separate buckets.

user_1997000
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