add a simple rate limiter

api/v1/gateway/index.js

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ const User = require('../../../models/User');
 const secret = require('../../../secret');
 const config = require('../../../config');
 const Category = require('../../../models/Category');
+const RateLimiter = require('./ratelimiter');
 
 const jwt = require('jsonwebtoken');
 const siolib = require('socket.io');
@@ -11,6 +12,11 @@ class GatewayServer {
     constructor(httpServer) {
         this._io = siolib(httpServer);
         this._gateway = this._io.of('/gateway');
+        this.rateLimiter = new RateLimiter({
+            points: 5,
+            time: 1000,
+            minPoints: 0
+        });
         this.eventSetup();
     }
 }
@@ -94,6 +100,11 @@ GatewayServer.prototype.eventSetup = function() {
                 if (!category || !content || !socket.joinedCategories || !socket.isConnected || !socket.user || !(typeof content === 'string') || !(typeof category._id === 'string')) return;
                 content = content.trim();
                 if (!content || content === '' || content === ' ' || content.length >= 2000) return;
+                if (!this.rateLimiter.consoom(socket.user.token)) { // TODO: maybe user ip instead of token?
+                    console.log(`[E] [gateway] Rate limiting ${socket.user.username}`);
+                    return;
+                }
+
 
                 // TODO: When/if category permissions are added, check if the user has permissions for that category
                 const categoryTitle = socket.joinedCategories[category._id];

api/v1/gateway/ratelimiter.js

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+// This is "inspired" by rate-limiter-flexible
+
+class RateLimiter {
+    constructor({ points=5, time=1000, minPoints=0 }) {
+        this.points = points;
+        this.minPoints = minPoints;
+        this.time = time;
+        
+        this._flooding = {};
+    }
+}
+
+RateLimiter.prototype.consoom = function(discriminator) {
+    if (!this._flooding[discriminator]) this._flooding[discriminator] = { points: this.points, lastReset: Date.now() };
+
+    if (Math.abs(new Date() - this._flooding[discriminator].lastReset) >= this.time) {
+        this._flooding[discriminator] = { points: this.points, lastReset: Date.now() };
+    }
+
+    this._flooding[discriminator].points--;
+
+    if (this._flooding[discriminator].points <= this.minPoints) {
+        this._flooding[discriminator].flooding = true;
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if (this._flooding[discriminator].flooding === true) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+};
+
+module.exports = RateLimiter;

config.js

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module.exports = {
         mainServerPort: 3000,
     },
     address: 'localhost',
-    mongoUrl: 'mongodb://localhost:27017/app',
+    mongoUrl: 'mongodb://192.168.0.105:27017/app',
     bcryptRounds: 10,
     roleMap: {
         'BANNED': 0,