X-Git-Url: https://git.arvados.org/arvados.git/blobdiff_plain/308a6da1a9fd716f3957b116110a932c08aefafe..72aa70eec7693bfb5d46a4bdac3619b3c6b1f79c:/services/api/lib/load_param.rb

diff --git a/services/api/lib/load_param.rb b/services/api/lib/load_param.rb
index 8d5a9d21ee..3f1a3b223a 100644
--- a/services/api/lib/load_param.rb
+++ b/services/api/lib/load_param.rb
@@ -6,9 +6,12 @@
 #   @where, @filters, @limit, @offset, @orders
 module LoadParam
 
-  # Default limit on number of rows to return in a single query.
+  # Default number of rows to return in a single query.
   DEFAULT_LIMIT = 100
 
+  # Maximum number of rows to return in a single query, even if the client asks for more.
+  MAX_LIMIT = 1000
+
   # Load params[:where] into @where
   def load_where_param
     if params[:where].nil? or params[:where] == ""
@@ -55,7 +58,7 @@ module LoadParam
       unless params[:limit].to_s.match(/^\d+$/)
         raise ArgumentError.new("Invalid value for limit parameter")
       end
-      @limit = params[:limit].to_i
+      @limit = [params[:limit].to_i, MAX_LIMIT].min
     else
       @limit = DEFAULT_LIMIT
     end