This module offers a Throttle passthrough stream class, which allows you to write data to it and it will be passed through in n bytes per second. It can be useful for throttling HTTP uploads or to simulate reading from a file in real-time, etc.

$ npm install throttle

Here's an example of throttling stdin at 1 byte per second and outputting the data to stdout:

var Throttle = require('throttle');

// create a "Throttle" instance that reads at 1 bps
var throttle = new Throttle(1);

process.stdin.pipe(throttle).pipe(process.stdout);

We can see it in action with the echo command:

• Throttle()

The Throttle passthrough stream class is very similar to the node core stream.Passthrough stream, except that you specify a bps "bytes per second" option and data will not be passed through faster than the byte value you specify.

You can invoke with just a bps Number and get the rest of the default options. This should be more common:

process.stdin.pipe(new Throttle(100 * 1024)).pipe(process.stdout);

Or you can pass an options Object in, with a bps value specified along with other options:

var t = new Throttle({ bps: 100 * 1024, chunkSize: 100, highWaterMark: 500 });