Rate Limiting: Protecting Your APIs from Abuse

Rate limiting prevents brute force and abuse. ## Apply throttle ```php Route::middleware('throttle:60,1')->group(function () { Route::post('/login', [AuthController::class, 'login']); }); ``` ## Flow ```mermaid flowchart LR A[Request] --> B{Within Limit?} B -->|Yes| C[Continue] B -->|No| D[429 Error] ``` Rate limiting improves security and stability. In the next tutorial, we will monitor queues using Horizon.