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From: Arsen Bespalov <me@arsen.pw>
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2019 17:52:37 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Add more flexible rate attribute.
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`rate` attribute allow custom seconds, example: `rate = "1/300"` — 1 request per 5 minutes.
---
 rest_framework/throttling.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/rest_framework/throttling.py b/rest_framework/throttling.py
index 0ba2ba66b..2ead32b41 100644
--- a/rest_framework/throttling.py
+++ b/rest_framework/throttling.py
@@ -103,7 +103,10 @@ class SimpleRateThrottle(BaseThrottle):
             return (None, None)
         num, period = rate.split('/')
         num_requests = int(num)
-        duration = {'s': 1, 'm': 60, 'h': 3600, 'd': 86400}[period[0]]
+        if not period.isdigit():
+            duration = {'s': 1, 'm': 60, 'h': 3600, 'd': 86400}[period[0]]
+        else:
+            duration = int(period)
         return (num_requests, duration)
 
     def allow_request(self, request, view):