Added setting to disable throttling the API

lib/settings_base.py

@@ -1567,3 +1567,6 @@ ALLOW_TASTYPIE_SERVICES = False
 # The version we append to the app feature profile. Bump when we add new app
 # features to the `AppFeatures` model.
 APP_FEATURES_VERSION = 1
+
+# Whether to throttle API requests. Default is True. Disable where appropriate.
+API_THROTTLE = True

mkt/api/base.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import logging
 import sys
 import traceback
 
+from django.conf import settings
 from django.conf.urls.defaults import url
 from django.core.exceptions import ObjectDoesNotExist, PermissionDenied
 from django.http import HttpResponseNotFound
@@ -188,7 +189,8 @@ class Marketplace(object):
         ``Resource._meta``.
         """
         # Never throttle users with Apps:APIUnthrottled.
-        if not acl.action_allowed(request, 'Apps', 'APIUnthrottled'):
+        if (settings.API_THROTTLE and
+            not acl.action_allowed(request, 'Apps', 'APIUnthrottled')):
             identifiers = [a.get_identifier(request) for a in self._auths()]
 
             # Check to see if they should be throttled.

mkt/api/tests/test_base.py

@@ -146,6 +146,20 @@ class TestThrottling(TestCase):
             sbt.return_value = True
             self.no_throttle_expected()
 
+    def test_throttled_user_setting_enabled(self):
+        with self.settings(API_THROTTLE=True):
+            ACLMiddleware().process_request(self.request)
+            with self.mocked_sbt as sbt:
+                sbt.return_value = True
+                self.throttle_expected()
+
+    def test_throttled_user_setting_disabled(self):
+        with self.settings(API_THROTTLE=False):
+            ACLMiddleware().process_request(self.request)
+            with self.mocked_sbt as sbt:
+                sbt.return_value = True
+                self.no_throttle_expected()
+
 
 class FilteredCORS(CORSResource, MarketplaceResource):
 

sites/altdev/settings_base.py

@@ -207,3 +207,5 @@ LESS_PREPROCESS = True
 XSENDFILE_HEADER  = 'X-Accel-Redirect'
 
 ALLOW_SELF_REVIEWS = True
+
+API_THROTTLE = False

sites/dev/settings_base.py

@@ -197,3 +197,5 @@ AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY = private.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
 AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME = private.AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME
 
 RAISE_ON_SIGNAL_ERROR = True
+
+API_THROTTLE = False