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Rate Limiting and Abuse

Stop API abuse.

What Is API Abuse

API abuse is using an API far more or differently than intended.

Even without breaking in, attackers can scrape data, guess passwords, or overload a service simply by sending many requests.

What Is Rate Limiting

Rate limiting caps how many requests a client may make in a time window.

For example, 100 requests per minute. Beyond that, the API rejects or delays further calls.

All lessons in this course

  1. API Attack Surface
  2. Broken Authorization
  3. Rate Limiting and Abuse
  4. Securing API Keys
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