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express-throttle-redis

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Redis storage adapter for express-throttle rate-limiting middleware for Express. Current version 0.0.4, released as an early-stage package with no recent updates. Provides a Redis-backed store for throttling rate limits across distributed Node.js servers. Unlike default in-memory stores, it allows shared state across multiple processes or machines via Redis. However, it does not implement key expiration, so memory grows unbounded; requires manual Redis configuration with LRU eviction. Alternative: use express-rate-limit with rate-limit-redis, which has more active maintenance and built-in key expiry.

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express-throttle-redis
securityjavascriptv0.0.4
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Install & Compatibility
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Code
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Verified import paths — ran on the pinned version, not inferred.

RedisStore
✓ const RedisStore = require('express-throttle-redis');
✗ import RedisStore from 'express-throttle-redis';
CJS-only; no ESM or TypeScript types provided. Must use require.
throttle
✓ const throttle = require('express-throttle');
✗ const throttle = require('express-throttle-redis');
express-throttle-redis exports only the store, not the throttle middleware itself.
redisClient
✓ const client = require('redis').createClient(); const store = new RedisStore(client);;
✗ const store = new RedisStore();
Constructor requires a Redis client instance, not optional.

Sets up an Express app with Redis-backed rate limiting using express-throttle and express-throttle-redis.

const express = require('express'); const throttle = require('express-throttle'); const redis = require('redis'); const RedisStore = require('express-throttle-redis'); const app = express(); const client = redis.createClient({ url: process.env.REDIS_URL ?? 'redis://localhost:6379' }); app.post('/search', throttle({ burst: 10, rate: '5/s', store: new RedisStore(client) }), (req, res) => { res.json({ status: 'ok' }); }); app.listen(3000);
Debug
Known issues
gotchaNo key expiration: All Redis keys set by express-throttle-redis never expire, causing memory to grow unbounded. Requires Redis maxmemory-policy allkeys-lru to avoid crash.
fix
Configure Redis with maxmemory and maxmemory-policy allkeys-lru, or use a rate-limiting library with TTL support.
affects: >=0.0.1
deprecatedPackage is unmaintained since 0.0.4 (2017). No ESM, TypeScript types, or updates for modern Node.js or Express.
fix
Switch to express-rate-limit with rate-limit-redis for active maintenance and features.
affects: >=0.0.4
breakingConstructor expects a Redis client from the redis package v2.x, not v3+ or ioredis. Using ioredis or redis v4 will break.
fix
Use redis@2.x, or adapt by wrapping ioredis in a compatible interface.
affects: >=0.0.1
Errors
Common errors & fixes
TypeError: RedisStore is not a constructor
Using ES6 import syntax which does not work with CJS default export.
fix
Use const RedisStore = require('express-throttle-redis');
Error: ReplyError: MOVED ...
Using Redis cluster without proper client setup.
fix
Ensure redis client is configured for cluster mode (e.g., require('redis').createCluster).
Unhandled rejection: Error: The property 'store' must be an instance of a Store
Passing a plain object instead of a RedisStore instance.
fix
Pass new RedisStore(client) as the store option.
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Version history
0.0.4latest on npm
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Dependencies
express-throttlerequiredpeer dependency; express-throttle-redis is a store adapter for express-throttle
redisrequiredrequired to create a Redis client passed to the store constructor
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Resources
githubhttps://github.com/GlurG/express-throttle-redis ↗
packageexpress-throttle-redis ↗
homepagehttps://github.com/GlurG/express-throttle-redis#readme ↗
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