express-better-ratelimit

better-ratelimit

Express.js request rate limit middleware by IP with MemoryStore

Install

Install with npm

$ npm install express-better-ratelimit
$ npm test

This package follows ferver

Please read history.md for more info!

• option message_429 deprecated >=v1.1.x, instead use accessLimited
• option message_403 deprecated >=v1.1.x, instead use accessForbidden

Usage

Some demo example which is exactly example.js

var express = require('express');
var limit = require('./index');
 
var app = express();
 
app.use(limit({
  duration: 30000, //30 seconds
  max: 5
  //blackList: ['127.0.0.1']
}));
 
app.use(function helloWorld(req, res, next) {
  res.set('Content-Type', 'text/plain');
  res.status(200).send('Hello world');
  next();
});
 
var port = process.env.PORT || 3333;
app.listen(port);
console.log('Express server start listening on port %s', port);
console.log('Type few times: curl -i http://localhost:%s', port);

.expressBetterRatelimit

With options through init you can control black/white lists, limit per ip and reset interval.

• [options] {Object}
  • duration {Integer} Limit duration in milliseconds, default 1000 * 60 * 60 * 1 (1 hour)
  • whiteList {Array} All ips that won't be limited, default empty array
  • blackList {Array} All ips that always be limited and 403, default empty array
  • accessLimited {String} Message for all requests after limit, default 429: Too Many Requests.
  • accessForbidden {String} Message for limited/forbidden, default 403: This is forbidden area for you.
  • max {Integer} Max requests per ip, default 500
  • env {Boolean} Manage enviroment, for tests will use x-koaip header, default null
• return {Function}

Authors & Contributors

Charlike Make Reagent

• gittip/tunnckoCore
• github/tunnckoCore
• twitter/tunnckoCore
• npmjs/tunnckoCore

License

Copyright (c) 2014 Charlike Make Reagent, contributors.
Released under the MIT license.