# Build rate limit into function node code?
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/build-rate-limit-into-function-node-code/39881
**Category:** General
**Created:** [27 January 2021 16:08 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/build-rate-limit-into-function-node-code/39881 "2021-01-27T16:08:03Z")
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### Author:  [@JohnnyPicnic](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/JohnnyPicnic)
#### Post date: [27 January 2021 16:08 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/build-rate-limit-into-function-node-code/39881/1 "2021-01-27T16:08:04Z")
Is it possible to add the rate limit into the function node so that all the code is in one node?
This is what I have now:
```auto
[{"id":"1d6988c5.b577e7","type":"debug","z":"5aa7d621.d84518","name":"","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"true","targetType":"full","statusVal":"","statusType":"auto","x":970,"y":1470,"wires":[]},{"id":"5b4a42ab.8c044c","type":"delay","z":"5aa7d621.d84518","name":"1","pauseType":"rate","timeout":"5","timeoutUnits":"seconds","rate":"1","nbRateUnits":"30","rateUnits":"second","randomFirst":"1","randomLast":"5","randomUnits":"seconds","drop":true,"x":800,"y":1470,"wires":[["1d6988c5.b577e7"]]},{"id":"2a1356dc.57d66a","type":"function","z":"5aa7d621.d84518","name":"Site 9999 Level >= 100mm","func":"if (msg.payload.includes(\"Site Info\"))\n{\n msg.payload = \"1010101 Data\";\n return msg;\n}\nreturn msg;","outputs":1,"noerr":0,"initialize":"","finalize":"","x":580,"y":1470,"wires":[["5b4a42ab.8c044c"]]},{"id":"a5a168ef.7c06e8","type":"inject","z":"5aa7d621.d84518","name":"","props":[{"p":"payload"},{"p":"topic","vt":"str"}],"repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"topic":"","payload":"Site Info","payloadType":"str","x":350,"y":1470,"wires":[["2a1356dc.57d66a"]]}]
```
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### Author:  [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)
#### Post date: [27 January 2021 16:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/build-rate-limit-into-function-node-code/39881/2 "2021-01-27T16:15:40Z")
Well I'm sure you could - but the point of Node-RED is to be easily "read" by following the flow, and to re-use existing functionality/nodes. But up to you.
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### Author:  [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)
#### Post date: [27 January 2021 21:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/build-rate-limit-into-function-node-code/39881/3 "2021-01-27T21:06:36Z")
An alternative - if you simply want to simplify how your flow looks - is to wrap the nodes in a sub-flow.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [28 March 2021 21:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/build-rate-limit-into-function-node-code/39881/4 "2021-03-28T21:07:17Z")
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