Rate limit /api requests from each IP address

100 requests each 5 minutes.

client/homebrew/navbar/error-navitem.jsx

@@ -116,6 +116,17 @@ const ErrorNavItem = createClass({
 			</Nav.item>;
 		}
 
+		if(HBErrorCode === '55') {
+			return <Nav.item className='save error' icon='fas fa-exclamation-triangle'>
+				Oops!
+				<div className='errorContainer' onClick={clearError}>
+					Looks like there are too many requests
+					from this IP address in a short time.
+					Please try again after a few minutes.
+				</div>
+			</Nav.item>;
+		}
+
 		return <Nav.item className='save error' icon='fas fa-exclamation-triangle'>
 			Oops!
 			<div className='errorContainer'>

package-lock.json

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
         "expr-eval": "^2.0.2",
         "express": "^4.19.2",
         "express-async-handler": "^1.2.0",
+        "express-rate-limit": "^7.4.0",
         "express-static-gzip": "2.1.7",
         "fs-extra": "11.2.0",
         "js-yaml": "^4.1.0",
@@ -6352,6 +6353,21 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-rCSVtPXRmQSW8rmik/AIb2P0op6l7r1fMW538yyvTMltCO4xQEWMmobfrIxN2V1/mVrgxB8Az3reYF6yUZw37w==",
       "license": "MIT"
     },
+    "node_modules/express-rate-limit": {
+      "version": "7.4.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/express-rate-limit/-/express-rate-limit-7.4.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-v1204w3cXu5gCDmAvgvzI6qjzZzoMWKnyVDk3ACgfswTQLYiGen+r8w0VnXnGMmzEN/g8fwIQ4JrFFd4ZP6ssg==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">= 16"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/express-rate-limit"
+      },
+      "peerDependencies": {
+        "express": "4 || 5 || ^5.0.0-beta.1"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/express-static-gzip": {
       "version": "2.1.7",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/express-static-gzip/-/express-static-gzip-2.1.7.tgz",

package.json

@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@
     "expr-eval": "^2.0.2",
     "express": "^4.19.2",
     "express-async-handler": "^1.2.0",
+    "express-rate-limit": "^7.4.0",
     "express-static-gzip": "2.1.7",
     "fs-extra": "11.2.0",
     "js-yaml": "^4.1.0",

server/homebrew.api.js

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ const yaml = require('js-yaml');
 const asyncHandler = require('express-async-handler');
 const { nanoid } = require('nanoid');
 const { splitTextStyleAndMetadata } = require('../shared/helpers.js');
+const rateLimit = require('express-rate-limit');
 
 const { DEFAULT_BREW, DEFAULT_BREW_LOAD } = require('./brewDefaults.js');
 
@@ -24,6 +25,16 @@ const isStaticTheme = (renderer, themeName)=>{
 // 	});
 // };
 
+// Define rate limiter options
+const rateLimiter = rateLimit({
+	timeWindow : 5 * 60 * 1000, // 5 minutes window
+	max        : 100, // limit each IP to 100 requests per timeWindow
+	handler: (req, res, next) => {
+		console.log(`Rate limiting user ${req.account?.username}`);
+		throw { HBErrorCode: '55', status: 429, message: 'Too many requests from this IP, please try again after 5 minutes'};
+	}
+});
+
 const MAX_TITLE_LENGTH = 100;
 
 const api = {
@@ -473,6 +484,7 @@ const api = {
 	}
 };
 
+router.use('/api', rateLimiter);
 router.use('/api', require('./middleware/check-client-version.js'));
 router.post('/api', asyncHandler(api.newBrew));
 router.put('/api/:id', asyncHandler(api.getBrew('edit', true)), asyncHandler(api.updateBrew));