Horse-SlowDown

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Basic rate-limiting middleware for Horse. Use to limit repeated requests to public APIs and/or endpoints such as password reset.

For install in your project using boss:

$ boss install github.com/dliocode/horse-slowdown

Stores

• Dependence - Store - ClientIP - RedisClient
• Memory Store (default, built-in) - stores current in-memory in the Horse process. Does not share state with other servers or processes.
• RedisStore: Samples - Model 4

Usage

For an API-only server where the slowdown should be applied to all requests: Ex: Store Memory

uses Horse, Horse.SlowDown;

begin
  THorse
  .Use(THorseSlowDown.New())
  .Get('/ping',
    procedure(Req: THorseRequest; Res: THorseResponse; Next: TProc)
    begin
      Res.Send('pong');
    end);

  THorse.Listen(9000);
end.

Create multiple instances to different routes: Identification should always be used when using multiple instances.

uses Horse, Horse.SlowDown;

begin
  THorse.Get('/ping', THorseSlowDown.New('ping'),
    procedure(Req: THorseRequest; Res: THorseResponse; Next: TProc)
    begin
      Res.Send('pong');
    end)

  .Get('/book', THorseSlowDown.New('book'),
    procedure(Req: THorseRequest; Res: THorseResponse; Next: TProc)
    begin
      Res.Send('The book!');
    end)

  .Get('/login', THorseSlowDown.New('login',10,500,60),
    procedure(Req: THorseRequest; Res: THorseResponse; Next: TProc)
    begin
      Res.Send('My Login with Request Max of 10 every 60 seconds!');
    end);

  THorse.Listen(9000);
end.

Settings use:

uses Horse, Horse.SlowDown;

var
  Config: TSlowDownConfig;
begin
  Config.Id := 'ping';        // Identification
  Config.DelayAfter := 10;    // Delay after 60 Request
  Config.DelayMs := 500;      // Timeout of Delay
  Config.MaxDelayMs := 20000; // MaxDelay of 20 seconds
  Config.Timeout := 60;       // Timeout in seconds to Reset
  Config.Store := nil;        // Default TMemoryStore

  THorse
  .Get('/ping', THorseSlowDown.New(Config),
    procedure(Req: THorseRequest; Res: THorseResponse; Next: TProc)
    begin
      Res.Send('pong');
    end);

  THorse.Listen(9000);
end.

Note: most stores will require additional configuration, such as custom prefixes, when using multiple instances. The default built-in memory store is an exception to this rule.

Configuration options

Id

Identification should always be used when using multiple instances..

DelayAfter

Max number of request during Timeout before starting to delay response..

It must be a number. The default is 60.

DelayMs

How long to delay the response, multiplied by (number of request - DelayAfter).

It must be a number. The default is 1000 (1 second).

MaxDelayMs

Maximum value for DelayMs after many consecutive attempts.

Defaults to 0 (Infinity).

Timeout

How long to keep records of request in memory.

Note: with non-default stores, you may need to configure this value twice, once here and once on the store. In some cases the units also differ (e.g. seconds vs miliseconds)

Defaults to 60 (1 minute).

Store

The storage to use when persisting rate limit attempts.

By default, the MemoryStore is used.

Available data stores are:

• MemoryStore: (default) Simple in-memory option. Does not share state when app has multiple processes or servers.
• RedisStore: Samples - Model 4

You may also create your own store. It must implement the IStore to function

Store with Redis

Usage:

To use it you must add to uses Store.Redis with the function TRedisStore.New().

Ex: Store Redis

uses Horse, Horse.SlowDown, Store.Redis;

begin
  THorse
  .Use(THorseSlowDown.New('ping', 10, 500, 60, TRedisStore.New())) // Add TRedisStore.New()
  .Get('/ping',
    procedure(Req: THorseRequest; Res: THorseResponse; Next: TProc)
    begin
      Res.Send('pong');
    end);

  THorse.Listen(9000);
end.

How to configure host, port in Redis TRedisStore.New('HOST','PORT','NAME CLIENTE')

1st Parameter - HOST - Default: 127.0.0.1

2st Parameter - PORT - Default: 6379

3st Parameter - ClientName - Default: Empty

License

MIT © Danilo Lucas