From 70387ded4fe6cb95ce8fa02fc78c7bb8f1629218 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ravi Prasad <ravi@MBP.local>
Date: Tue, 5 May 2026 22:35:18 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] limiter

---
 go.mod                           |  2 ++
 go.sum                           |  4 ++++
 main.go                          |  1 +
 utils/middleware/rate_limiter.go | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 33 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 utils/middleware/rate_limiter.go

diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 189538f..e3c92c4 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -45,12 +45,14 @@ require (
 	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.16 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.22 // indirect
 	github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822 // indirect
+	github.com/philhofer/fwd v1.1.3-0.20240916144458-20a13a1f6b7c // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.1 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/common v0.62.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.15.1 // indirect
 	github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/swaggo/files v0.0.0-20220610200504-28940afbdbfe // indirect
+	github.com/tinylib/msgp v1.2.5 // indirect
 	github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/valyala/fasthttp v1.51.0 // indirect
 	github.com/valyala/tcplisten v1.0.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 81c09c6..aee29bd 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ github.com/otiai10/curr v0.0.0-20150429015615-9b4961190c95/go.mod h1:9qAhocn7zKJ
 github.com/otiai10/curr v1.0.0/go.mod h1:LskTG5wDwr8Rs+nNQ+1LlxRjAtTZZjtJW4rMXl6j4vs=
 github.com/otiai10/mint v1.3.0/go.mod h1:F5AjcsTsWUqX+Na9fpHb52P8pcRX2CI6A3ctIT91xUo=
 github.com/otiai10/mint v1.3.3/go.mod h1:/yxELlJQ0ufhjUwhshSj+wFjZ78CnZ48/1wtmBH1OTc=
+github.com/philhofer/fwd v1.1.3-0.20240916144458-20a13a1f6b7c h1:dAMKvw0MlJT1GshSTtih8C2gDs04w8dReiOGXrGLNoY=
+github.com/philhofer/fwd v1.1.3-0.20240916144458-20a13a1f6b7c/go.mod h1:RqIHx9QI14HlwKwm98g9Re5prTQ6LdeRQn+gXJFxsJM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.22.0 h1:rb93p9lokFEsctTys46VnV1kLCDpVZ0a/Y92Vm0Zc6Q=
@@ -121,6 +123,8 @@ github.com/swaggo/files v0.0.0-20220610200504-28940afbdbfe/go.mod h1:lKJPbtWzJ9J
 github.com/swaggo/swag v1.8.1/go.mod h1:ugemnJsPZm/kRwFUnzBlbHRd0JY9zE1M4F+uy2pAaPQ=
 github.com/swaggo/swag v1.16.4 h1:clWJtd9LStiG3VeijiCfOVODP6VpHtKdQy9ELFG3s1A=
 github.com/swaggo/swag v1.16.4/go.mod h1:VBsHJRsDvfYvqoiMKnsdwhNV9LEMHgEDZcyVYX0sxPg=
+github.com/tinylib/msgp v1.2.5 h1:WeQg1whrXRFiZusidTQqzETkRpGjFjcIhW6uqWH09po=
+github.com/tinylib/msgp v1.2.5/go.mod h1:ykjzy2wzgrlvpDCRc4LA8UXy6D8bzMSuAF3WD57Gok0=
 github.com/urfave/cli/v2 v2.3.0/go.mod h1:LJmUH05zAU44vOAcrfzZQKsZbVcdbOG8rtL3/XcUArI=
 github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0 h1:GqA5TC/0021Y/b9FG4Oi9Mr3q7XYx6KllzawFIhcdPw=
 github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0/go.mod h1:6bBcMArwyJ5K/AmCkWv1jt77kVWyCJ6HpOuEn7z0Csc=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 05e7143..20365e7 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	// middlewares
 	app.Use(logger.New())
+	app.Use(middleware.RateLimiter())
 	app.Use(middleware.MetricsMiddleware())
 
 	// DB connection (no migrations on API startup)
diff --git a/utils/middleware/rate_limiter.go b/utils/middleware/rate_limiter.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b7a2330
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/middleware/rate_limiter.go
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package middleware
+
+import (
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2"
+	"github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2/middleware/limiter"
+)
+
+func RateLimiter() fiber.Handler {
+	return limiter.New(limiter.Config{
+		Max:        20,
+		Expiration: 1 * time.Minute,
+		KeyGenerator: func(c *fiber.Ctx) string {
+			if ip := c.Get("X-Real-IP"); ip != "" {
+				return ip
+			}
+			return c.IP()
+		},
+		LimitReached: func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
+			return c.Status(fiber.StatusTooManyRequests).JSON(fiber.Map{
+				"error": "Rate limit exceeded. Try again later.",
+			})
+		},
+	})
+}