Protect your API from traffic spikes with a ready-to-use rate limiting middleware in 10 minutes
Beginner
10 min
English
Generate a production-ready rate limiting middleware tailored to your backend stack so you can stop abuse without reading endless docs.
Steps
- Open ChatGPT or Claude in your browser and start a new chat.
- Copy the prompt template provided below.
- Replace the {language_framework} variable with your tech stack (e.g., Node.js with Express or Python with FastAPI).
- Replace the {limit} variable with the maximum number of requests allowed (e.g., 100).
- Replace the {time_window} variable with the time frame for the limit (e.g., 15 minutes).
- Paste the completed prompt into the AI tool and press Enter.
- Review the generated middleware code and copy it into your project.
- Start your server and test the endpoint by sending more requests than the limit to confirm it returns a 429 Too Many Requests error.
Prompts to Use
Act as a senior backend engineer. Write a rate limiting middleware for a {language_framework} application. The limit should be {limit} requests per {time_window} per IP address. Use an in-memory store for simplicity, but structure the code so a Redis store could be swapped in later easily. Provide the code with comments explaining the logic, and include a short example of how to apply this middleware to a specific route. Output only the code and a brief usage explanation.
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