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+# Copyright 2014 matrix.org
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from ._base import Config
+
+class RatelimitConfig(Config):
+
+    def __init__(self, args):
+        super(RatelimitConfig, self).__init__(args)
+        self.rc_messages_per_second = args.rc_messages_per_second
+        self.rc_message_burst_count = args.rc_message_burst_count
+
+    @classmethod
+    def add_arguments(cls, parser):
+        super(RatelimitConfig, cls).add_arguments(parser)
+        rc_group = parser.add_argument_group("ratelimiting")
+        rc_group.add_argument(
+            "--rc-messages-per-second", type=float, default=0.2,
+            help="number of messages a client can send per second"
+        )
+        rc_group.add_argument(
+            "--rc-message-burst-count", type=float, default=10,
+            help="number of message a client can send before being throttled"
+        )