Rate Limiter

Auth & Security

Protect your API from abuse using express-rate-limit. Configurable window and max requests.

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Backend:Frontend:

controllers/ratelimitController.jsjavascript

1const rateLimit = require('express-rate-limit');
2 
3exports.limiter = rateLimit({
4  windowMs: 15 * 60 * 1000,
5  max: 100,
6  standardHeaders: true,
7  legacyHeaders: false,
8  message: {
9    success: false,
10    error: 'Too many requests, please try again later.'
11  }
12});

Paste Guide

Copy files to:

models/Rate Limiter.jscontrollers/ratelimitController.jsroutes/ratelimitRoutes.js

Add to server.js:

app.use('/api/ratelimit', require('./routes/ratelimitRoutes'));

Stack

ExpressRate Limit

Test Examples

# Send 100+ requests to test limit