limit post frequency

crazysvn

is there a extension can limit user post frequency? like 10 posts at most per half hour, etc.

User31

I am so sure I saw an extension that does exactly this, although I couldn't find it just now and may be confusing it with something else.

I'm also wondering if the Auto Moderator could possibly be set-up to more or less enforce a posting rate limit...(¿?)

clarkwinkelmann

Flarum extensions can use throttlers to achieve this https://docs.flarum.org/extend/api-throttling/#custom-throttlers

But actually, Flarum has a built-in throttler for posting flarum/frameworkblob/v1.8.5/framework/core/src/Post/PostCreationThrottler.php

You could create a modified version of the PostCreationThrottler and register it in addition or in place of the default throttler using the throttler API.

I don't think it's documented anywhere and I haven't tried, but since the timeout is a public static property on the class, you should be able to modify the value of the built-in throttler without having to create any class or use any extender.

Something like \Flarum\Post\PostCreationThrottler::$timeout = 10; added above the return statement in extend.php will probably work. The timeout is the number of seconds.