> uploadtext_

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"sync"
	"time"
)

// apiCall simulates an external API request
func apiCall(requestID int) string {
	fmt.Printf("[%s] Making API call for request %d
", time.Now().Format("15:04:05.000"), requestID)
	time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * 100) // Simulate network latency/API processing time
	return fmt.Sprintf("Response for request %d", requestID)
}

// NewRateLimiter creates a new rate limiter that allows a burst of 'burst' requests
// and then limits requests to 'rate' per 'period'.
func NewRateLimiter(rate int, period time.Duration, burst int) chan struct{} {
	limiter := make(chan struct{}, burst)

	// Fill the limiter initially to allow for burst
	for i := 0; i < burst; i++ {
		limiter <- struct{}{}
	}

	// Start a goroutine to refill the limiter at the specified rate
	go func() {
		ticker := time.NewTicker(period / time.Duration(rate))
		defer ticker.Stop()

		for range ticker.C {
			select {
			case limiter <- struct{}{}:
			// Token added
			default:
				// Limiter is full (burst capacity reached), do nothing
			}
		}
	}()

	return limiter
}

func main() {
	// Configure rate limiter: 5 requests per second, with a burst of 10
	rateLimiter := NewRateLimiter(5, time.Second, 10)

	const numRequests = 20
	var wg sync.WaitGroup

	fmt.Printf("Attempting to make %d API requests with a rate limit of 5/s and burst of 10.
", numRequests)

	for i := 1; i <= numRequests; i++ {
		wg.Add(1)
		go func(reqID int) {
			defer wg.Done()

			// Block until a token is available
			<-rateLimiter

			response := apiCall(reqID)
			fmt.Printf("[%s] Received: %s
", time.Now().Format("15:04:05.000"), response)
		}(i)
	}

	wg.Wait()
	fmt.Println("All requests completed.")
}