diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 552f361..b9c50dc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ This is the PHP wrapper for the Bitvavo API. This project can be used to build y
   * Price Ticker        [REST](https://github.com/bitvavo/php-bitvavo-api#get-price-ticker) [Websocket](https://github.com/bitvavo/php-bitvavo-api#get-price-ticker-1)
   * Book Ticker         [REST](https://github.com/bitvavo/php-bitvavo-api#get-book-ticker) [Websocket](https://github.com/bitvavo/php-bitvavo-api#get-book-ticker-1)
   * 24 Hour Ticker      [REST](https://github.com/bitvavo/php-bitvavo-api#get-24-hour-ticker) [Websocket](https://github.com/bitvavo/php-bitvavo-api#get-24-hour-ticker-1)
-* Private 
+* Private
   * Place Order         [REST](https://github.com/bitvavo/php-bitvavo-api#place-order) [Websocket](https://github.com/bitvavo/php-bitvavo-api#place-order-1)
   * Update Order        [REST](https://github.com/bitvavo/php-bitvavo-api#update-order) [Websocket](https://github.com/bitvavo/php-bitvavo-api#update-order-1)
   * Get Order           [REST](https://github.com/bitvavo/php-bitvavo-api#get-order) [Websocket](https://github.com/bitvavo/php-bitvavo-api#get-order-1)
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ The API key and secret are required for private calls and optional for public ca
 require_once('bitvavo.php');
 
 $bitvavo = new Bitvavo([
-  "APIKEY" => "<APIKEY>", 
+  "APIKEY" => "<APIKEY>",
   "APISECRET" => "<APISECRET>",
   "RESTURL" => "https://api.bitvavo.com/v2",
   "WSURL" => "wss://ws.bitvavo.com/v2/",
@@ -84,6 +84,34 @@ $currentTime = $response["time"];
 echo $currentTime
 ```
 
+### Rate limiting
+
+After every request [rate limits](https://docs.bitvavo.com/#section/Rate-limiting) are remembered, and can be subsequentially acquired by following method `$bitvavo->getRatelimit($key);`. Key can be one of `limit`, `remaining`, or `resetat`. Here is an example code that you can use to achieve high throughput without hitting a ban:
+
+```PHP
+function handleRateimiting($bitvavo) {
+
+  $remaining = $bitvavo->getRatelimit('remaining');
+
+  if (empty($remaining) || $remaining > 200) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  $resetat = $$bitvavo->getRatelimit('resetat');
+  $resetat *= 1000;
+  $now = time() * 1000000;
+  $delay = $resetat - $now;
+
+  // If the last request has been done a while ago.
+  if ($delay <= 0) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // Have to use usleep() for sub-second resolution.
+  usleep($delay);
+}
+```
+
 ### General
 
 #### Get time
@@ -1979,7 +2007,7 @@ Cancels all orders in a market. If no market is specified, all orders of an acco
 // options: market
 $websock->cancelOrders(["market" => "BTC-EUR"], function($response) {
   foreach ($response as $deletion) {
-    echo json_encode($deletion) . "\n"; 
+    echo json_encode($deletion) . "\n";
   }
 });
 ```
@@ -2572,4 +2600,4 @@ $websock->subscriptionBook("BTC-EUR", function($response) {
     "nonce": 18632
 }
 ```
-</details>
\ No newline at end of file
+</details>
diff --git a/bitvavo.php b/bitvavo.php
index f8ba8b6..41599d3 100644
--- a/bitvavo.php
+++ b/bitvavo.php
@@ -126,9 +126,55 @@ function createCurl($url, $method, $params) {
       curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
     }
     curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
+    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HEADER, true);
+
     return $curl;
   }
 
+  function processRatelimit($header) {
+
+    $this->ratelimit = [];
+
+    $header = explode("\n", $header);
+    $header = array_map(function($line) {return trim($line);}, $header);
+    foreach ($header as $h) {
+      if (preg_match('/^bitvavo-ratelimit-(limit|remaining|resetat): +(\d+)$/', $h, $match)) {
+        list(, $key, $value) = $match;
+        $this->ratelimit[$key] = (int) $value;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  function getRatelimit($key) {
+
+    if (!in_array($key, ['limit', 'remaining', 'resetat'])) {
+      errorToConsole("Invalid key ($key). Accepted valueas are: limit, remaining, resetat.\n");
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // No request has been performed.
+    if (empty($this->ratelimit)) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // API has changed or is broken.
+    if (!array_key_exists($key, $this->ratelimit)) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    return $this->ratelimit[$key];
+  }
+
+  function execCurl($curl) {
+    $response = curl_exec($curl);
+    $header_size = curl_getinfo($curl, CURLINFO_HEADER_SIZE);
+    $header = substr($response, 0, $header_size);
+    $this->processRatelimit($header);
+    $body = substr($response, $header_size);
+    $json = json_decode($body, true);
+    return $json;
+  }
+
   function sendPublic($url, $params, $method, $data) {
     $curl = $this->createCurl($url, $method, $params);
     $endpoint = str_replace(array($this->base), array(''), $url);
@@ -150,9 +196,7 @@ function sendPublic($url, $params, $method, $data) {
       );
       curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);
     }
-    $output = curl_exec($curl);
-    $json = json_decode($output, true);
-    return $json;
+    return $this->execCurl($curl);
   }
 
   function sendPrivate($endpoint, $params, $body, $method, $apiSecret, $base, $apiKey) {
@@ -180,9 +224,7 @@ function sendPrivate($endpoint, $params, $body, $method, $apiSecret, $base, $api
       curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "PUT");
       curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode($body));
     }
-    $output = curl_exec($curl);
-    $json = json_decode($output, true);
-    return $json;
+    return $this->execCurl($curl);
   }
 
   public function time() {
@@ -361,7 +403,7 @@ function sortAndInsert($update, $book, $sortFunc) {
 }
 
 class Websocket {
-  public function __construct($bitvavo = null, $reconnect = false, $publicCommandArray, $privateCommandArray, $oldSocket) {
+  public function __construct($bitvavo, $reconnect, $publicCommandArray, $privateCommandArray, $oldSocket) {
     $this->parent = $bitvavo;
     $this->wsurl = $bitvavo->wsurl;
     $this->apiKey = $bitvavo->apiKey;
@@ -837,5 +879,3 @@ public function subscriptionBook($market, callable $callback) {
     $this->sendPublic(["action" => "getBook", "market" => $market]);
   }
 }
-
-?>
\ No newline at end of file