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<div class="demo-card"> <div class="demo-card-header">Rate Limiting</div> <div class="demo-card-body"> <p class="demo-description"> Apply rate limiting to upload endpoints to prevent abuse. Limit the number of
 uploads per user per time window using session-based tracking in the upload handler.
 </p> <au:AjaxFileUpload ID="Uploader1" runat="server"
 AllowMultiple="true"
 AutoUpload="true"
 ShowProgress="true"
 ButtonText="Rate-Limited Upload" /> <div class="code-panel"> <pre><code>&lt;%-- Upload handler with session-based rate limiting --%&gt;
public class UploadHandler : IHttpHandler, IRequiresSessionState
{
 private const int MaxUploadsPerMinute = 10;

 public void ProcessRequest(HttpContext context)
 {
 // Track uploads per session
 var key = "UploadCount";
 var timestampKey = "UploadWindowStart";

 DateTime windowStart = context.Session[timestampKey]
 as DateTime? ?? DateTime.MinValue;
 int count = context.Session[key] as int? ?? 0;

 // Reset window if expired
 if ((DateTime.UtcNow - windowStart).TotalMinutes &gt;= 1)
 {
 count = 0;
 windowStart = DateTime.UtcNow;
 context.Session[timestampKey] = windowStart;
 }

 if (count &gt;= MaxUploadsPerMinute)
 {
 context.Response.StatusCode = 429;
 context.Response.Write(
 "Too many uploads. Please try again later.");
 return;
 }

 // Process upload
 HttpPostedFile file = context.Request.Files[0];
 file.SaveAs(Path.Combine(uploadDir, file.FileName));

 context.Session[key] = count + 1;
 context.Response.Write(
 "{\"fileName\":\"" + file.FileName + "\"}");
 }
}

&lt;%-- web.config: configure rate limit settings --%&gt;
&lt;appSettings&gt;
 &lt;add key="UploadRateLimit" value="10" /&gt;
 &lt;add key="UploadRateWindowSeconds" value="60" /&gt;
&lt;/appSettings&gt;

&lt;%-- Client-side: handle 429 status --%&gt;
&lt;script&gt;
AjaxUploader.create(el, {
 uploadUrl: '<%= ResolveUrl("~/ajaxupload.axd/upload") %>',
 onError: function (file, error) {
 if (error.status === 429) {
 alert('Upload limit reached. Please wait.');
 }
 }
});
&lt;/script&gt;</code></pre> </div> </div>
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