Micro Rate Limit

Rate-limiting middleware for micro.

Installation

$ npm install micro-ratelimit

Examples

const rateLimit = require('micro-ratelimit')
 
module.exports = rateLimit((req, res) => {
  return 'Hello world'
})
 

const rateLimit = require('micro-ratelimit')
 
// Limit example: 2 requests per 10 sec
module.exports = rateLimit({ window: 10000, limit: 2, headers: true }, (req, res) => {
  return 'Hello world'
})
 

API

Options

• window: how long to keep records of requests in memory in ms (default: 1 second)
• limit: max number of requests during window (default: 1)
• keyGenerator: key generator function (req -> client id)
• headers: send rate limit headers (default: false)

Default implementation of keyGenerator:

function keyGenerator (req) {
  return req.headers['x-forwarded-for'] ||
    req.connection.remoteAddress ||
    req.socket.remoteAddress ||
    req.connection.socket.remoteAddress
}