A really simple and lightweight ip rate limiter for express.
npm install iplim
npm i iplim
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Usage
Refer to #Options
`js
const iplim = require("iplim")
app.use(iplim({
timeout: 1000 60 15,
limit: 15,
window: 1000 * 60,
exclude: [],
verbose: false
}))
`
Static content
You probably wouldn't want to limit requests to your static views.
- If you're using express.static to serve them, this is fine. It will not be affected by the middleware.
- If you are specifying a route for each view (ex: app.get("/hey", (req, res) => res.sendFile("hey.html"))), you MUST exclude them from the limiter by providing the exclude array as an option (ex: exclude: ["/hey"]).
Options
> If you omit parameters, they will be set to their defaults as shown below. These are also documented in the middleware's code.
`javascript
timeout = 1000 60 15, //milliseconds the user has to wait after breaching the rules set
limit = 15, //number of requests allowed in the window
window = 1000 * 60, //milliseconds the limit has to reach (ex: 15 requests in 1 minute)
exclude = [], //exclude paths in this array from the limit (ex: "/hey")
verbose = false, //print every process step to the console
``