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games-express-api/app.js
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john-okeefe 39f1c88255 fix(ratelimit): split global and login budgets so storms can't lock out login
One shared 100 req / 10 min limiter counted everything —
401s, CORS preflights, even /health — so a bad-token burst
from a second frontend burned the budget and 429'd POST
/api/auth/login too, leaving no way back in short of
waiting out the window or restarting (MemoryStore reset).

New middleware/rateLimit.js holds two limiters, verified
against express-rate-limit@5.5.1:

- apiLimiter (300 / 15 min) skips OPTIONS, /health, and the
  public auth endpoints, so preflights, probes, and login
  attempts never drain real API budget.
- authLimiter (20 / 15 min, successful logins free) guards
  register/login/forgotpassword/resetpassword against
  brute force. 429 there means 20 wrong passwords, never
  a busy API.

Storm-tested with live server: 320 bad-token hits burn the
global budget yet login still returns 200; 25 bad logins
trip only the login limiter while API traffic is untouched.
2026-09-05 22:48:48 -04:00

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import 'dotenv/config'
import 'colors'
import express from 'express'
import cors from 'cors'
import helmet from 'helmet'
import cookieParser from 'cookie-parser'
import mongoSanitize from 'express-mongo-sanitize'
import xss from 'xss-clean'
import hpp from 'hpp'
import morgan from 'morgan'
import errorHandler from './middleware/error.js'
import { apiLimiter } from './middleware/rateLimit.js'
import games from './routes/games.js'
import adminGames from './routes/adminGames.js'
import tags from './routes/tags.js'
import auth from './routes/auth.js'
import users from './routes/users.js'
import createAdmin from './scripts/adminUser.js'
import connectDB from './config/db.js'
connectDB().then(x => x)
const app = express()
const whitelist = ['http://localhost:3000', 'http://localhost:5173','https://games.linuxhg.com', 'http://localhost:8000']
const corsOptions = {
origin: (origin, callback) => {
if (whitelist.indexOf(origin) !== -1 || !origin) {
callback(null, true)
} else {
callback(new Error('Not allowed by CORS'))
}
},
}
app.use(express.json(), cookieParser(), morgan('dev'), mongoSanitize(), helmet(), xss(), apiLimiter, hpp(), cors())
app.get('/health', (req, res) => res.status(200).json({ status: 'ok' }))
app.use('/api/admin/games', adminGames)
app.use('/api/games', games)
app.use('/api/tags', tags)
app.use('/api/auth', auth)
app.use('/api/admin/users', users)
app.use(errorHandler)
createAdmin()
export default app