/// <summary>

/// Decorates any MVC route that needs to have client requests limited by time.

/// </summary>

/// <remarks>

/// Uses the current System.Web.Caching.Cache to store each client request to the decorated route.

/// </remarks>

[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Method, AllowMultiple = false)]

public class ThrottleAttribute : ActionFilterAttribute

{

    /// <summary>

    /// A unique name for this Throttle.

    /// </summary>

    /// <remarks>

    /// We'll be inserting a Cache record based on this name and client IP, e.g. "Name-192.168.0.1"

    /// </remarks>

    public string Name { get; set; }

    /// <summary>

    /// The number of seconds clients must wait before executing this decorated route again.

    /// </summary>

    public int Seconds { get; set; }

    /// <summary>

    /// A text message that will be sent to the client upon throttling.  You can include the token {n} to

    /// show this.Seconds in the message, e.g. "Wait {n} seconds before trying again".

    /// </summary>

    public string Message { get; set; }

    public override void OnActionExecuting(ActionExecutingContext c)

    {

        var key = string.Concat(Name, "-", c.HttpContext.Request.UserHostAddress);

        var allowExecute = false;

        if (HttpRuntime.Cache[key] == null)

        {

            HttpRuntime.Cache.Add(key,

                true, // is this the smallest data we can have?

                null, // no dependencies

                DateTime.Now.AddSeconds(Seconds), // absolute expiration

                Cache.NoSlidingExpiration,

                CacheItemPriority.Low,

                null); // no callback

            allowExecute = true;

        }

        if (!allowExecute)

        {

            if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(Message))

                Message = "You may only perform this action every {n} seconds.";

            c.Result = new ContentResult { Content = Message.Replace("{n}", Seconds.ToString()) };

            // see 409 - http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html

            c.HttpContext.Response.StatusCode = (int)HttpStatusCode.Conflict;

        }

    }

}

[Throttle(Name="TestThrottle", Message = "You must wait {n} seconds before accessing this url again.", Seconds = 5)]

public ActionResult TestThrottle()

{

    return Content("TestThrottle executed");

}