RateLimiter - Replace message responses with custom handler for better error handling

Author: Daniel-Ric

src/app.js

@@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ const globalLimiter = rateLimit({
     max: env.GLOBAL_RATE_LIMIT_MAX,
     standardHeaders: true,
     legacyHeaders: false,
-    skip: req => mute.has(req.path) || req.path.startsWith("/api-docs")
+    skip: req => mute.has(req.path) || req.path.startsWith("/api-docs"),
+    handler: (req, res, next) => next(tooManyRequests("Too many requests"))
 });
 
 app.use(globalLimiter);

src/middleware/rateLimit.js

@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import rateLimit from "express-rate-limit";
 import {env} from "../config/env.js";
+import {tooManyRequests} from "../utils/httpError.js";
 
 export const purchaseLimiter = rateLimit({
     windowMs: env.PURCHASE_RATE_LIMIT_WINDOW_MS,
     max: env.PURCHASE_RATE_LIMIT_MAX,
     standardHeaders: true,
     legacyHeaders: false,
-    message: {error: {code: "TOO_MANY_REQUESTS", message: "Too many purchase requests"}}
+    handler: (req, res, next) => next(tooManyRequests("Too many purchase requests"))
 });