Pure Javascript rate limit function. [https://jsfiddle.net/47cbj/56/]

RateLimit.js

function RateLimit(fn, delay, context) {
  var queue = [], timer = null;
    
  function processQueue() {
    var item = queue.shift();
    if (item)
      fn.apply(item.context, item.arguments);
    if (queue.length === 0)
      clearInterval(timer), timer = null;
  }

  return function limited() {
    queue.push({
      context: context || this,
      arguments: [].slice.call(arguments)
    });
    if (!timer) {
      processQueue();  // start immediately on the first invocation
      timer = setInterval(processQueue, delay);
    }
  }

}

function foo(param1, param2) {
  var p = document.createElement('p');
  p.innerText = param1 + (param2 || '');
  document.body.appendChild(p);
}
    
foo('Starting');
var bar = RateLimit(foo, 1000);
bar(1, 'baz');
bar(2, 'quux');
bar(3);
bar(4, 'optional');
bar(5, 'parameters');
bar(6);
bar(7);
bar(8);
bar(9);