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

<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

namespace App\Providers;

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

final 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.
     */
    private function configureRateLimiting(): void
    {
        // Default API rate limiter - 60 requests per minute
        RateLimiter::for('api', fn (Request $request) => Limit::perMinute(60)->by($request->user()?->id ?: $request->ip()));

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

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