hapi-limiter

Rate limiting plugin for Hapi, inspired by hapi-ratelimit, but using hapi's builtin server cache interface.

Installation

npm install hapi-limiter

Usage

server.register(require('hapi-limiter'), function(err) {
  Hoek.assert(!err, 'uh oh!');
});

server.route({
  path: '/foo',
  method: 'get',
  handler: function(request, reply) {
    reply('remaining requests: ', request.plugins[hapi-limiter].remaining);
  },
  config:{
    plugins: {
      'hapi-limiter': {
        enable: true
      }
    }
  }
});

Configuration

Plugin

These settings are global, and applicable values are applied as defaults to each rate limted route

Setting	Description	Default
ttl	Length of time that a limit should be enforced for, specified in miliseconds	1000 * 60 * 15
limit	Maximum allowed API calls per period specified by ttl	15
cacheClient	A Hapi CacheClient, or similarly functioning interface.	undefined
cache	A Hapi Catbox policy	default ttl and segment, using default server cache
generateKeyFunc	A function with the signature function(request) {} that returns the caching key	returns method + api path + ip address

Route Configuration

Setting	Description	Default
enable	boolean or truthy value, indicating if route is to be rate limited	undefined
ttl	Length of time that a limit should be enforced for, specified in miliseconds	1000 * 60 * 15
limit	Maximum allowed API calls per period specified by ttl	15