diff --git a/appbase/decorators.py b/appbase/decorators.py
index 133d3c1..b548432 100644
--- a/appbase/decorators.py
+++ b/appbase/decorators.py
@@ -1,22 +1,23 @@
 import datetime
+from flask import request
 try:
     import _pickle as pickle
 except:
     import pickle
 import redis
-import sys
 import traceback
 
 from functools import wraps
 
 from appbase.helpers import notify_dev, make_key_from_params
+from appbase.errors import TooManyRequestsError
 from settings import REDIS_HOST, REDIS_PORT, REDIS_DB
 
 #TODO: Move below settings to settings/converge
-NOTIFICATION_GAP = datetime.timedelta(0, (10*60))
+NOTIFICATION_GAP = datetime.timedelta(0, (10 * 60))
 CACHE_TTL = 3 * 7 * 24 * 60 * 60
 
-# Not using decode_responses=True, 
+# Not using decode_responses=True,
 # because pickle generates binary serialization format which doesn't have decode method
 rconn = redis.Redis(host=REDIS_HOST, port=REDIS_PORT, db=REDIS_DB)
 
@@ -25,7 +26,6 @@ def failsafe(f):
     """This decorator can be used for making any function fail safe.
     Basically, at every call it would save the output against a key,
     uniquely created by function name and args, kw passed to the function.
-
     And in case of error it will return the previously saved output and will notify dev about error.
     """
     f.last_notified_at = datetime.datetime.now() - NOTIFICATION_GAP
@@ -46,3 +46,26 @@ def wrapper(*args, **kw):
             result = pickle.loads(dump) if dump else None
         return result
     return wrapper
+
+
+def api_rate_limiter(max_calls, duration):
+    def decorator(f):
+        @wraps(f)
+        def wrapper(*args, **kw):
+            ip = request.remote_addr
+            key = 'arl:{}:{}'.format(
+                ip,
+                make_key_from_params(f.__name__, args, kw, strict=True)
+                )
+            cnt = rconn.incr(key)
+            if cnt > max_calls:
+                raise TooManyRequestsError(
+                    data={
+                        'request': f.__name__,
+                        'duration': duration,
+                        'ip': ip})
+            elif cnt == 1:
+                rconn.expire(key, duration)
+            return f(*args, **kw)
+        return wrapper
+    return decorator
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/appbase/errors.py b/appbase/errors.py
index d94baa6..c3a06f4 100644
--- a/appbase/errors.py
+++ b/appbase/errors.py
@@ -32,3 +32,8 @@ class InvalidSessionError(BaseError):
 class ConflictError(BaseError):
     code = 409
     msg = 'Duplicate resource'
+
+
+class TooManyRequestsError(BaseError):
+    code = 429
+    msg = 'Too many requests'