Rate Limiting User Operations to Prevent Abuse
Rate Limiting User Operations to Prevent Abuse

Rate Limiting User Operations to Prevent Abuse

Author
Shiv Bade
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rate limiting
abuse prevention
Published
February 22, 2016
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We implemented rate-limiting logic to prevent abuse of APIs — especially account creation and login flows.
Strategy: - Redis-based counters with expiration - Hash keys per user/IP/action - Dynamic throttling based on request behavior
Sample:
INCR login:user123 EXPIRE login:user123 60
Simple but powerful — especially when applied defensively.