How do I implement throttling in my application?

How do I implement throttling in my application?

Throttling is a technique to control the amount of requests a user can make to a service. What type of application are you working on?

I'm building a web API and I want to limit the number of requests per user.

You can implement throttling by using middleware that tracks the number of requests from each user. Would you like a code example?

Yes, please! A code example would be great.

Here's a simple example in Node.js using Express:

const rateLimit = require('express-rate-limit');

const limiter = rateLimit({
  windowMs: 15 * 60 * 1000, // 15 minutes
  max: 100 // limit each IP to 100 requests per windowMs
});

app.use(limiter);