Laravel 5.4 - Override API 'throttle:60,1'

Question

I'm writing a lot of API to get and store data.
I like the default throttle option:

protected $middlewareGroups = [
    'api' => [
        'throttle:60,1',
        'bindings',
    ],
];

to limit the request to 60 per minute; but for some route (es: POST), I'd like to increase this value.

I tried to set 'throttle:500,1' on route Middleware like below:

Route::group(function () {
        Route::get('semaphore/1',        ['uses' => 'App\Api\V1\DBs\SemaphoreController@index']);
        Route::post('semaphore/1',       ['uses' => 'App\Api\V1\DBs\SemaphoreController@store',        'middleware' => 'WriteToDatabaseMiddleware', 'throttle:500,1']);
});

but it does not work.

Any idea?

Thank you.

UPDATE:
I noticed that the 'throttle:500,1' used in the api.php route will be set AFTER the default 'throttle:60,1' specified into Kernel.php file; then, It doesn't work.

Logging the process execution, the first call is:

Illuminate\Routing\Middleware\ThrottleRequests -> handle

from Kernel.php has maxAttempts=60.

Then, the second call is:

Illuminate\Routing\Middleware\ThrottleRequests -> handle

from api.php has maxAttempts=500.

In others words, the throttle:500,1 in the api.php file do not override the throttle:60,1 in the Kernel.php file.

Answer 1

Current answer

According to this GitHub issue, the throttle middleware should not be used "twice" (like you want to do that). There are only two ways how to deal with your current problem "correctly":

1. Write an own throttling middleware

or

2. Define the throttle middleware separately for each route (group)

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Old answer

You set the middleware key wrong! When declaring multiple middleware to use, create a new array for them

['middleware' => ['WriteToDatabaseMiddleware','throttle:500,1']]

EDIT: Because of the middleware order, you should set your kernel throttle to the highest value you want to use, and all other routes that should have a lower throttle value to the corresponding ones.