Express Rate Limit Monitor

Description

Express Rate Limit Monitor is an npm package that provides rate limiting functionality for Express.js applications along with monitoring and logging capabilities. It uses the gl-express-rate-limiter middleware for rate limiting and logs rate-limited requests to a MongoDB database.

Installation

First, install the package and its dependencies using npm:

npm install gl-rate-limit-monitor express gl-express-rate-limiter mongoose

const RateLimitMonitor = require('gl-rate-limit-monitor');

const rateLimitMonitor = new RateLimitMonitor({
    windowMs: 60 * 1000, // 1 minute
    max: 100,
    message: 'Too many requests, please try again later.',
    statusCode: 429,
    database: 'mongodb://localhost:27017/rate_limit_logs',
    interval: '1h', // Log data every hour
    port: 3000
});

rateLimitMonitor.start();

Options

• windowMs: The time window for which to keep records of requests in milliseconds. Defaults to 1 minute.
• max: The maximum number of requests allowed within the specified time window. Defaults to 100.
• message: The message to send in the response when the limit is exceeded. Defaults to 'Too many requests, please try again later.'.
• statusCode: The status code to send in the response when the limit is exceeded. Defaults to 429.
• database: The MongoDB connection string where rate limit logs will be stored. Defaults to 'mongodb://localhost:27017/rate_limit_logs'.
• interval: The interval at which rate limit data will be logged to the database. Defaults to '1h' (every hour).
• port: The port on which the Express server will listen. Defaults to 3000.