node-elimiter

Easy rate limiter.

Install

$ npm install elimiter --save

How to use

import Limiter from "elimiter";
const db = new Redis();
// limit 5 call in 60s (60*1000ms)
const limiter = new Limiter(db, { id: "ip", max: 5, duration: 60 * 1000 });
const res = await limit.get(); // limit.get(req.ip), limit(userid)
if (res.remaining < 1) throw new Errror("out of limit");
// continue

// Get with reset and resetMs
const res = await limit.get({ reset: true });
console.log(res);
// { count: 0, remaining: 5, total: 5, reset: 1546438588, resetMs: 1546438588062 }
if (res.remaining < 1) throw new Errror("out of limit");
// continue

Benchmark

Platform info:

• Linux 4.4.0-101-generic x64
• Node.JS: 10.15.0
• V8: 6.8.275.32-node.45
  Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.30GHz × 2

3 tests success: