Lets try this now

pages/api/message.js

@@ -1,44 +1,19 @@
-/*import Axios from 'axios';
+import Axios from 'axios';
 import requestIp from 'request-ip'
 
 // Any IP starting with 128.243 belongs to Uni of Nottingham
 const UON_PREFIX = "128.243"
 
-const rateLimitMap = new Map();
-
 export default async function handler(req, res) {
     //var url = process.env.SLACK_URL
     //var x = await  Axios.post(url, {text:req.body.msg})
 
     const detectedIp = requestIp.getClientIp(req)
-        const limit = 5; // Limiting requests to 5 per minute per IP
-        const windowMs = 60 * 1000; // 1 minute
-
     const campus = detectedIp.indexOf("128.243") == 0;
 
     if (req.body.msg.length >= 200) {
         return res.status(200).json({});
     }
-
-    if (!rateLimitMap.has(detectedIp)) {
-      rateLimitMap.set(detectedIp, {
-          count: 0,
-          lastReset: Date.now(),
-      });
-    }
-  
-    const ipData = rateLimitMap.get(detectedIp);
-  
-    if (Date.now() - ipData.lastReset > windowMs) {
-      ipData.count = 0;
-      ipData.lastReset = Date.now();
-    }
-  
-    if (ipData.count >= limit) {
-      return res.status(429).send("Too Many Requests");
-    }
-  
-    ipData.count += 1;
 
     var discord = process.env.DISCORD_URL
     await Axios.post(discord, {
@@ -66,4 +41,3 @@ export default async function handler(req, res) {
     res.status(200).json({})
   }
 
-*/