laravel-api-kit/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php

<?php

namespace App\Providers;

use Illuminate\Cache\RateLimiting\Limit;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\RateLimiter;
use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;

class AppServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
{
    /**
     * Register any application services.
     */
    public function register(): void
    {
        //
    }

    /**
     * Bootstrap any application services.
     */
    public function boot(): void
    {
        $this->configureRateLimiting();
    }

    /**
     * Configure the rate limiters for the application.
     */
    protected function configureRateLimiting(): void
    {
        // Default API rate limiter - 60 requests per minute
        RateLimiter::for('api', function (Request $request) {
            return Limit::perMinute(60)->by($request->user()?->id ?: $request->ip());
        });

        // Auth endpoints - more restrictive (prevent brute force)
        RateLimiter::for('auth', function (Request $request) {
            return Limit::perMinute(5)->by($request->ip());
        });

        // Authenticated user requests - higher limit
        RateLimiter::for('authenticated', function (Request $request) {
            return $request->user()
                ? Limit::perMinute(120)->by($request->user()->id)
                : Limit::perMinute(60)->by($request->ip());
        });
    }
}