---
title: "How to proxy an API, add rate limiting, and go LIVE"
description: "Learn how to proxy an API with Zuplo and protect it with rate limiting."
canonicalUrl: "https://zuplo.com/blog/2022/03/14/proxying-an-api-making-it-prettier-go-live"
pageType: "blog"
date: "2022-03-14"
authors: "josh"
tags: "API Rate Limiting, Tutorial"
image: "https://zuplo.com/og?text=Proxying%20an%20API,%20making%20it%20prettier,%20adding%20rate%20limiting,%20to%20LIVE"
---
In this video we show you just how easy it is to proxy an API with Zuplo and add
rate-limiting. We also prettify the URL of our ugly backend to make things feel
a little more modern and current.

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Length: 3 minutes

There was no code in this demo but we did do a URL rewrite as follows

`https://ecommerce-legacy.zuplo.io/objects?type=products&id=${params.productId}`