ranupratapsingh / dwarpaal

Dwarpaal

Gem to block excessive/unwanted requests. This gem right now works only with rails.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'dwarpaal', :github => 'ranupratapsingh/dwarpaal', :branch=>'master'

And then execute:

bundle

Usage

TO use this gem

1. include it in Gemfile
2. run bundle install
3. run following command from rails root rails g migration CreateRequestLog ip_address:string c_date:date req_path:text
4. in config/application.rb add following configuration

Sample Code:

class Application < Rails::Application
  config.middleware.use Dwarpaal::Talashi, :initial_max_hits => 10
end

Customize Options

We can give additional options for the Gem like below

class Application < Rails::Application
  config.middleware.use Dwarpaal::Talashi, :initial_max_hits => 10
end

All acceptable options are:

1. initial_max_hits -> per day allowed hits without check
2. allowed_increase -> allowed percentage increase for a week
3. code -> response code when not allowed
4. message -> message when request is not allowed