Playbook · Advanced · 2h 30m
API rate limiting and abuse protection: playbook
Protect public endpoints from abuse without hurting real users.
- development
- playbook
Inside this playbook
- Abuse stopped at the edge while normal use never sees a limit.
- Step 1: Classify endpoints by cost
- Step 2: Limit by key, then by IP
- Step 3: Respond clearly
- Step 4: Monitor before enforcing
- Step 5: Provide an allow-list path
- Steps
- 5
- Deliverables
- 3
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