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A Laravel middleware for advanced rate limiting based on IP, HTTP status codes, and exceptions. This package provides flexible and configurable rate limiting to protect your application from abuse and ensure fair usage.

Description

Laravel Flexible Throttle is designed to block intrusive bots that scan all possible addresses or attempt to brute-force passwords and other parameters. By leveraging IP addresses, session IDs, and user IDs, this middleware can effectively limit the number of requests and block malicious activity.

Features

• Rate limiting based on IP address, session ID, or user ID
• Configurable maximum attempts, decay seconds, and block duration
• Customizable rules for specific HTTP status codes and exceptions
• Easy integration with Laravel applications

Installation

To install the package, use Composer:

composer require Wnikk/laravel-flexible-throttle

Configuration

Publish the configuration file:

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Wnikk\FlexibleThrottle\FlexibleThrottleServiceProvider"

And edit the config/flexible-throttle.php file to customize the rate limiting.

Usage

Apply the middleware to your routes:

Route::middleware('flexible.throttle')->group(function () {
    Route::get('/example', 'ExampleController@index');
});

In this example, the middleware checks if the request has exceeded the maximum number of attempts 403 response. Then, it returns a 429 Too Many Requests response. Otherwise, it records the request and allows it to proceed.

License

This package is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license.