From 0f7c56da51bf999688fdb4298b4e0ce64014afc7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wayne <5291640+ringoinca@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2025 17:30:40 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] JSON rate limiting message & status code

---
 packages/backend/src/api/middleware/rateLimiter.ts | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/backend/src/api/middleware/rateLimiter.ts b/packages/backend/src/api/middleware/rateLimiter.ts
index 4042325..9eb514a 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/api/middleware/rateLimiter.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/api/middleware/rateLimiter.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@ const windowInMinutes = Math.ceil(config.api.rateLimit.windowMs / 60000);
 export const rateLimiter = rateLimit({
 	windowMs: config.api.rateLimit.windowMs,
 	max: config.api.rateLimit.max,
-	message: `Too many requests from this IP, please try again after ${windowInMinutes} minutes`,
+	message: {
+		status: 429,
+		message: `Too many requests from this IP, please try again after ${windowInMinutes} minutes`
+	},
+	statusCode: 429,
 	standardHeaders: true,
-	legacyHeaders: false,
+	legacyHeaders: false
 });