add rate limit

Author: DappCoderr

node_modules/.package-lock.json

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     "cloudinary": "^2.6.1",
     "dotenv": "^16.5.0",
     "express": "^5.1.0",
+    "express-rate-limit": "^7.5.0",
     "ip": "^2.0.1",
     "jsonwebtoken": "^9.0.2",
     "mongoose": "^8.15.0",

package-lock.json

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import { rateLimit } from "express-rate-limit";
+
+export const rateLimiter = rateLimit({
+  windowMs: 30 * 1000, // 30 seconds,
+  limit: 5, // each IP can send 5 request per WindowMs
+});

package.json

@@ -6,13 +6,16 @@ import swaggerJsdoc from "swagger-jsdoc";
 import swaggerUi from "swagger-ui-express";
 import { options } from "./utils/swaggerOptions.js";
 import ip from "ip";
+import { rateLimiter } from "./middleware/rateLimit.js";
 
 const PORT = 3000;
 
 const swaggerDocs = swaggerJsdoc(options);
 
 const app = express();
 
+// applied rate limiter to all the request
+app.use(rateLimiter);
 app.use(express.json());
 app.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: true }));
 app.use("/api", apiRouter);