Express IP Blocker

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Express IP Blocker

https://www.npmjs.com/package/express-ip-blocker-current
https://github.com/ahmetilhan24/express-ip-blocker/blob/master/README.md

You can use this package to prevent continuous requests to APIs you write with Express.js within a certain period of time.

Instalation

package (yarn or npm)

    npm install express-ip-blocker

PeerDependencies
Optimum versions

    "cookie-parser": "^1.4.6",
    "express": "^4.18.2"

Usage

const express = require("express");
const app = express();
const cookieParser = require("cookie-parser");
const ExpressIPBlocker = require("express-ip-blocker-current");
const expressIPBlocker = new ExpressIPBlocker();
// You have to do this for the package to work
app.use(cookieParser());
// IP Middleware
app.use(expressIPBlocker.checkIP);

app.listen(//port, () => {
  //
});

See demo for example usage. ./demo/index.js

Config

You can apply a config to the package's run settings

{
  limit: number; // default = 10
  secretKey: string; // default = now Date()
  reqBlockMessage: string; // default = Too Many Requests
  expire: number; // default = 1000 * 10 -> 10 second
}