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Build a Custom Rate Limiter in Node.js with Redis

Tutorial April 04, 2025

Instead of IP address, use API keys for user-specific limits:

const userKey = req.headers['x-api-key'] || req.ip;
const key = `rate_limit:${userKey}`;