Add ability to throttle by hour or day as well as weeks

config/throttleable.php

@@ -1,6 +1,21 @@
 <?php
 
 return [
+    /**
+     * Number of attempts permitted to a single
+     * IP address before being throttled.
+     */
     'attempt_limit' => 10,
-    'expiry_weeks' => 1
+
+    /**
+     * The datetime metric to use for expirations
+     * Available options are hour, day or week.
+     */
+    'expiry_metric' => 'week',
+
+    /**
+     * The number of hours, days or weeks to
+     * keep a throttle valid for.
+     */
+    'expiry_timelimit' => 1
 ];

src/Models/Throttle.php

@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@ class Throttle extends Model
     /** @var int Number of attempts allowed before the user is throttled */
     public $attemptLimit;
 
-    /** @var int Number of weeks before throttle expires */
-    public $expiryWeeks;
+    /** @var int The Time Metric to use for expiry time limit */
+    public $expiryMetric;
+
+    /** @var int Number of Hours, Days or Weeks before throttle expires */
+    public $expiryTimeLimit;
 
     /** @var bool */
     public $timestamps = false;
@@ -36,7 +39,8 @@ public function __construct($request, $attemptLimit = null, $expiryWeeks = null)
     {
         $this->request = $request;
         $this->attemptLimit = $attemptLimit ?? config('throttleable.attempt_limit');
-        $this->expiryWeeks = $expiryWeeks ?? config('throttleable.expiry_weeks');
+        $this->expiryMetric = $expiryMetric ?? config('throttleable.expiry_metric');
+        $this->expiryTimeLimit = $expiryTimeLimit ?? config('throttleable.expiry_timelimit');
     }
 
 }

src/Traits/Throttleable.php

@@ -57,7 +57,21 @@ protected function createThrottle()
     {
         $this->ip = $this->request->ip();
         $this->attempts = 0;
-        $this->expires_at = Carbon::now()->addWeeks($this->expiryWeeks);
+        switch ($this->expiryMetric)
+        {
+            case 'hour':
+                $this->expires_at = Carbon::now()->addHours($this->expiryTimeLimit);
+                break;
+
+            case 'day':
+                $this->expires_at = Carbon::now()->addDays($this->expiryTimeLimit);
+                break;
+
+            default:
+            case 'week':
+                $this->expires_at = Carbon::now()->addWeeks($this->expiryTimeLimit);
+                break;
+        }
         $this->created_at = Carbon::now();
         $throttle = $this->save();