Arcjet dynamic rate limit example

Arcjet helps developers protect their apps in just a few lines of code. This is an example application demonstrating the use of dynamic rate limits with user configuration in a database.

This is forked from the main Arcjet example app.

Video walkthrough

Watch the video walkthrough of this example on YouTube.

Features

• Rate limiting shows the use of different rate limit configurations depending on the authenticated user.
• Dynamic rate limits using the value set in a SQLite database for each user.

Run locally

1. Register for a free Arcjet account.

2. Install dependencies:

npm ci

3. Rename .env.example to .env and add your Arcjet key. Add an Auth.js secret and create a GitHub OAuth app.

4. Bootstrap the database:

npm exec prisma migrate dev

5. Start the dev server

npm run dev

6. Open http://localhost:3000 in your browser.

Stack

• Auth: Auth.js
• App: Next.js
• Database: SQLite using libsql
• UI: shadcn/ui
• ORM: Prisma
• Security: Arcjet