: Provide enough info for a developer to fix the issue without leaking sensitive system details (like stack traces). 4. Rate Limiting & Throttling
Identify who is calling the API and what they are allowed to do. API CheatSquad
: Strip out dangerous characters or HTML tags from strings before they touch your database. 2. Secure Authentication & Authorization : Provide enough info for a developer to
: Use tools like Joi or Zod to enforce data types, lengths, and formats (e.g., ensuring an email is actually an email). and formats (e.g.
Protect your system from being overwhelmed by too many requests, whether intentional (DDoS) or accidental (loops in client code).