--- title: Building an API rate limiter using Valkey | daily.dev description: Learn how to implement a robust API rate limiter using Valkey, a Redis-compatible database, on DigitalOcean’s managed service. The tutorial demonstrates... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/building-an-api-rate-limiter-using-valkey-6vcmbnqvp twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Building an API rate limiter using Valkey | daily.dev og:description: Learn how to implement a robust API rate limiter using Valkey, a Redis-compatible database, on DigitalOcean’s managed service. The tutorial demonstrates... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/building-an-api-rate-limiter-using-valkey-6vcmbnqvp og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/6VcmBNqVP.png og:image:alt: Building an API rate limiter using Valkey og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Building an API rate limiter using Valkey **[DigitalOcean Community](https://daily.dev/sources/do_community)** · 7 min read · 66 upvotes · 2 comments ## Summary Learn how to implement a robust API rate limiter using Valkey, a Redis-compatible database, on DigitalOcean’s managed service. The tutorial demonstrates setting up Valkey and using it with Express.js to control API requests, using Valkey's atomic operations and efficient memory management to handle high traffic without performance degradation. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@itsmill3rtime** · 0 upvotes > I’ll stick with the multithreaded dragonfly drop in replacement for redis **@chiroro\_jr** · 0 upvotes > It's 2025. No ES modules. 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