Ready to implement API limit

src/controllers/APILimitsController.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/**
+ * API limits manager
+ * 
+ * @author Pierre HUBERT
+ */
+
+import { RequestHandler } from "../entities/RequestHandler";
+import { Action, APILimitHelper } from "../helpers/APILimitsHelper";
+
+/**
+ * Trigger query limiter
+ * 
+ * @param h Request handler
+ * @param action The action to check
+ * @param trigger TRUE if the counter has to be increased by one / else it is a simple check
+ */
+export async function limit_query(h: RequestHandler, action: Action, trigger: boolean) {
+
+	// Increment the number of actions / failures done by the user
+	if(trigger) {
+		await APILimitHelper.Trigger(h.remoteIP, action)
+	}
+
+	// Check for counter
+	if(await APILimitHelper.Count(h.remoteIP, action) > 10)
+		h.error(429, "Too many request. Please try again later.")
+}

src/controllers/AccountController.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import { AccountHelper } from "../helpers/AccountHelper";
 import { UserHelper } from "../helpers/UserHelper";
 import { NewAccount } from "../entities/NewAccount";
 import { removeHTMLNodes } from "../utils/StringUtils";
+import { limit_query } from "./APILimitsController";
+import { Action } from "../helpers/APILimitsHelper";
 
 /**
  * Account controller
@@ -44,27 +46,29 @@ export class AccountController {
 	/**
 	 * Attempt to login user
 	 * 
-	 * @param handler 
+	 * @param h Request handler
 	 */
-	public static async LoginUser(handler: RequestHandler) {
+	public static async LoginUser(h: RequestHandler) {
 
 		// Get post data
-		const email = handler.postEmail("userMail");
+		const email = h.postEmail("userMail");
-		const password = handler.postString("userPassword");
+		const password = h.postString("userPassword");
 
-		// TODO : add limits
+		// Limit request
+		await limit_query(h, Action.LOGIN_FAILED, false);
 
 		// Authenticate user
-		const tokens = await AccountHelper.LoginUser(email, password, handler.getClientInfo());
+		const tokens = await AccountHelper.LoginUser(email, password, h.getClientInfo());
 
 		if(tokens == null) {
-			// TODO : add limits
+			// Trigger limit
+			await limit_query(h, Action.LOGIN_FAILED, true);
 
-			handler.error(401, "Invalid e-mail address / password !");
+			h.error(401, "Invalid e-mail address / password !");
 		}
 
 		// Success
-		handler.send({
+		h.send({
 			success: "User signed in!",
 			tokens: {
 				token1: tokens.token1,

src/helpers/APILimitsHelper.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/**
+ * API Limits helper
+ * 
+ * This implementation of API limits stores
+ * the counters inside memory, not in the databas
+ * 
+ * @author Pierre HUBERT
+ */
+
+// Different supported actions
+export enum Action {
+	LOGIN_FAILED = "login_failed",
+	CREATE_ACCOUNT = "create_account"
+}
+
+export class APILimitHelper {
+
+	/**
+	 * Trigger the counter (increase it by one)
+	 * 
+	 * @param ip Target IP address
+	 * @param action The action to check
+	 */
+	public static async Trigger(ip: string, action: Action) {
+		// TODO : trigger counter
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Count the number of actions perfomed by a user
+	 * 
+	 * @param ip Target IP address
+	 * @param action The action to check
+	 */
+	public static async Count(ip: string, action: Action) : Promise<number> {
+		// TODO : return count
+		return 0;
+	}
+}
+