🛡️ API Shield

A production-ready Express middleware toolkit for securing, monitoring, and protecting REST APIs.

API Shield is an open-source middleware framework for Express.js that helps developers secure, monitor, and manage their APIs with minimal configuration.

Instead of installing and configuring multiple security libraries individually, API Shield provides a unified and extensible solution that combines essential security features into a single package.

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✨ Features

Current Features

• ✅ Rate Limiting
• ✅ Security Headers
• ✅ Request Logging
• ✅ IP Blocking

Upcoming Features

• 🚧 JWT Authentication Middleware
• 🚧 Brute Force Protection
• 🚧 API Analytics
• 🚧 Request Validation
• 🚧 Performance Monitoring
• 🚧 Redis Store Support
• 🚧 Custom Security Rules
• 🚧 Plugin Architecture
• 🚧 Dashboard & Metrics
• 🚧 Event Hooks

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🚀 Installation

npm install api-shield

or

yarn add api-shield

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📦 Basic Usage

import express from "express";
import apiShield from "api-shield";

const app = express();

app.use(
  apiShield({
    rateLimit: true,
    requestLogger: true,
    securityHeaders: true,
    blockedIPs: ["192.168.1.100"]
  })
);

app.listen(3000);

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⚙️ Configuration

apiShield({
    rateLimit: true,
    requestLogger: true,
    securityHeaders: true,
    blockedIPs: [],
});

Option	Type	Default	Description
rateLimit	boolean	false	Enables rate limiting
requestLogger	boolean	false	Logs incoming requests
securityHeaders	boolean	false	Adds common security headers
blockedIPs	string[]	[]	Blocks incoming requests from specified IP addresses

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🏗️ Roadmap

• Package Initialization
• Rate Limiter
• Security Headers
• Request Logger
• IP Blocking
• JWT Middleware
• Brute Force Protection
• Redis Adapter
• Plugin System
• Metrics Dashboard
• Performance Monitoring
• Comprehensive Test Suite
• GitHub Actions
• npm Publish (v1.0.0)

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🎯 Vision

API Shield aims to become a modular security framework for Express.js by providing production-ready middleware that is lightweight, extensible, and easy to integrate.

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🛠 Tech Stack

• Node.js
• Express.js
• TypeScript
• Jest
• GitHub Actions

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🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome!

If you'd like to improve API Shield, feel free to:

• Fork the repository
• Create a feature branch
• Commit your changes
• Open a Pull Request

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📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

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⭐ Support

If you find this project useful:

• ⭐ Star the repository
• 🐞 Report bugs
• 💡 Suggest new features
• 🤝 Contribute to the project

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Made with ❤️ by Saurabh Pande