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Express middleware to reject requests from all Russian IPs.
Table of contents:
import express from 'express';
import putin from 'express-putin';
const app = express();
app.use(putin());
import express from 'express';
import putin from 'express-putin';
const HTTP_I_AM_A_TEAPOT = 418;
const app = express();
app.use(putin({
body: 'Russia, please stop the war!',
status: HTTP_I_AM_A_TEAPOT,
}));
In order to retrieve a client IP address we use request-ip library. Please check its documentation and make sure that your reverse proxy passes at least one of required headers containing client's IP address.
So that people never forget who is responsible for all this.
And because it's way more catchy than express-stop-russian-invasion-on-ukraine
.
Other open-source projects to help Ukraine: https://github.com/petrussola/help-ukraine-open-source
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Express middleware to reject requests from all Russian IPs
We found that express-putin demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 2 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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