Property 'rateLimit' does not exist on type 'Request<ParamsDictionary, any, any, ParsedQs, Record<string, any>>'

[SaidiAli]

Am getting this error when I try to access the rateLimit property on the express request object. I want to use this to confirm that the limiting works. How do I make this work?

app.get('/ip', (req: Request, res: Response) => {
    res.json({ ip: req.ip, limiter: req.rateLimit.remaining });
  }); // this is for checking if server is behind a proxy/load balancer

[gamemaker1]

You could use the following:

import type { AugmentedRequest } from 'express-rate-limit'

app.get('/ip', (req: AugmentedRequest, res: Response) => {
    res.json({ ip: req.ip, limiter: req.rateLimit.remaining });
  }); // this is for checking if server is behind a proxy/load balancer

[SaidiAli]

Thank you for the quick response. Currently testing it out

[SaidiAli]

Hello @gamemaker1 , thank you for your answer it worked.
I also wanted to ask if there is a way to set the reset time. I have checked the docs and there is nothing in configuration for setting reset time.

[gamemaker1]

The reset time is set by the middleware itself, you don't need to set it yourself.

You can access it in all requests handlers registered after the rate limiter using req.rateLimit.

[nfriedly]

The windowMs configuration option controls the reset time: https://express-rate-limit.mintlify.app/reference/configuration#windowms

I'll add something to the description to clarify that.

[SaidiAli]

Thanks guys.