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+'use strict';
+
+const REDIS_DB = 8;
+
+const ENDPOINTS_GROUPS_REDIS = {
+    ENDPOINT_1: 'anonymous',
+    ENDPOINT_2: 'static',
+    ENDPOINT_3: 'static-named',
+    ENDPOINT_5: 'dataview',
+    ENDPOINT_6: 'dataview-search',
+    ENDPOINT_7: 'analysis',
+    ENDPOINT_8: 'tile',
+    ENDPOINT_9: 'attributes',
+    ENDPOINT_10: 'named-list',
+    ENDPOINT_11: 'named-create',
+    ENDPOINT_12: 'named-get',
+    ENDPOINT_13: 'named',
+    ENDPOINT_14: 'named-update',
+    ENDPOINT_15: 'named-delete',
+    ENDPOINT_16: 'named-options',
+    ENDPOINT_17: 'named-tiles'
+};
+
+/**
+ * The full key is: rate-limit:store:{user}:{endpoint}
+ * The value is a Redis hash:
+ *      maxBurst (b): Integer (as string)
+ *      countPerPeriod (c): Integer (as string)
+ *      period (p): Integer (as string)
+ */
+const ENDPOINT_KEY_REDIS = 'rate-limit:store:';
+
+/**
+ * The full key is: rate-limit:status:{user}:{endpoint}
+ * This key is managed by redis-cell (CL.THROTTLE command)
+ */
+const USER_KEY_REDIS = 'rate-limit:status:';
+
+
+module.exports = function rateLimitMiddleware (metadataBackend) {
+    return function rateLimit(req, res, next) {
+        
+        const user = 'cdb';
+        // const user = res.locals.user;
+        const endpointGroup = getEndpointGroup();
+
+        const redisParams = [
+            getLuaScript(),
+            3,
+            getStoreKey(user, endpointGroup),   // KEY[1] 
+            getStatusKey(user, endpointGroup)   // KEY[2]
+        ];
+        
+        metadataBackend.redisCmd(REDIS_DB, 'EVAL', redisParams, function(err, {isBloqued, limit, remaining, retry, reset}) {
+            if (err) {
+                return next(err);
+            }
+    
+            res.set({
+                'X-Rate-Limit-Limit': limit,
+                'X-Rate-Limit-Remaining': remaining,
+                'X-Rate-Limit-Retry-After': retry,
+                'X-Rate-Limit-Reset': reset
+            });
+
+            if(isBloqued) {
+                const err = new Error('You are over the limits.');
+                err.http_status = 429;
+                return next(err);
+            }
+            
+            next();
+        });
+    };
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Returns the endpoint key in Redis
+ * @param {string} currentEndpoint 
+ */
+function getEndpointGroup(currentEndpoint = null) {
+    // TODO
+    if (currentEndpoint) {
+        return ENDPOINTS_GROUPS_REDIS.ENDPOINT_8;
+    } else {
+        // get endpoint from route path
+        return ENDPOINTS_GROUPS_REDIS.ENDPOINT_8;   
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns Redis key where the limits are saved by user and endpoint
+ * @param {string} user 
+ * @param {string} endpointGroup 
+ */
+function getStoreKey(user, endpointGroup) {
+    return ENDPOINT_KEY_REDIS + user + ':' + endpointGroup;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns Redis key where the current state of the limit by user and endpoint 
+ * (so, the key where CL.THROTTLE works)
+ * @param {string} user 
+ * @param {string} endpointGroup 
+ */
+function getStatusKey(user, endpointGroup) {
+    return USER_KEY_REDIS + user + ':' + endpointGroup;
+}
+
+function getLuaScript(maxBurst, period) {
+    return  `
+        local max = redis.call("HGETALL", KEYS[1])
+        return redis.call("CL.THROTTLE", KEYS[2], ${maxBurst}, max, ${period})
+    `;
+}