Feature: Setting a rate limit on the endpoints using flask limiter

[epicadk]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

Heroku Does offer DDoS mitigation however, according to this post they strongly recommend using a rate limiter library.

Describe the solution you'd like

Rate limit the endpoints of the api using flask limiter.

Additional context

The time and amount of requests that should be allowed should be discussed, possibly in the mentorship session.

[epicadk]

Marking this as status on hold because it needs to be approved by @isabelcosta .

[isabelcosta]

@epicadk this sounds amazing. This is the kind of thing I only learned this year, so I really appreciate you coming with these "out of the box" ideas 🤗 I will approve this. Could you link the library in the description of the issue and add a little more information if you have more.

[epicadk]

@isabelcosta 😅 Thankyou : ) . I have linked the library in the issue however I haven't used it much so I don't really have any more information about it. We also need to discuss the limit or the amount of times that a user should be allowed to query the backend.

[isabelcosta]

thank you so much @epicadk !

[jalajcodes]

I'd like to work on it
I'll be in the next open session to discuss about this issue.

[epicadk]

I'd like to work on it
I'll be in the next open session to discuss about this issue.

I think we already discussed it. Since Isabel has approved I'll assign you. Happy coding : ) .