Discuss architectural and middleware strategies for rate-limiting incoming API requests.
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Stricter limiter on the login route
import rateLimit from 'express-rate-limit';
const loginLimiter = rateLimit({
windowMs: 15 * 60_000,
max: 5, // 5 attempts / 15 min / IP
standardHeaders: true,
message: 'Too many attempts, try later',
});
app.post('/login', loginLimiter, loginHandler);
app.use(express.json({ limit: '50kb' })); // cap payload size05
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