node-red-contrib-ghostforge-flowgate 1.3.0
GhostForge FlowGate - API call queue and rate limiting for Node-RED. Prevents parallel API calls with automatic queuing and configurable release delay.
node-red-contrib-ghostforge-flowgate
GhostForge™ FlowGate — API call queue and rate limiting for Node-RED.
Part of the GhostForge™ Node-RED toolkit.
What it does
Two nodes that work as a pair to serialize API calls and prevent rate limit errors:
gf-gate-opener — Passes the message through when the gate is free. If the gate is already open (an API call is in progress), the message is queued and waits automatically.
gf-gate-closer — Placed after your API response handler. Waits a configurable delay, then releases the gate. If messages are queued, the next one fires automatically.
Design philosophy
- Zero message loss — All messages are queued, never dropped
- Configurable delay — Fine-tune the release timing to match your API rate limits
- Topic-based — Multiple independent gates can run in parallel using different topics
- Self-healing — Gate resets to free on Node-RED restart
Installation
Via Node-RED Palette Manager: search for ghostforge-flowgate
Or via npm:
npm install node-red-contrib-ghostforge-flowgate
Usage
[incoming msg] → [gf-gate-opener] → [API call] → [response handler] → [gf-gate-closer]
Set the same Topic on both Opener and Closer. The Opener uses global context to track gate state, so it works across subflows and tabs.
Part of the GhostForge™ toolkit
- ghostforge-vaultkey — JIT auth & secret burning
- ghostforge-flowgate — API call queue & rate limiting (this package)
- ghostforge-arrows — Visual flow routing nodes
GhostForge™ is a trademark of Zerr Remoteservice
