ehoneahobed / alx-files_manager

Overview:

• This project is a summary of this back-end trimester: authentication, NodeJS, MongoDB, Redis, pagination and background processing.

• The objective is to build a simple platform to upload and view files:

• User authentication via a token
• List all files
• Upload a new file
• Change permission of a file
• View a file
• Generate thumbnails for images

Resources

Read or watch:

• Node JS getting started
• Process API doc
• Express getting started
• Mocha documentation
• Nodemon documentation
• MongoDB
• Bull
• Image thumbnail
• Mime-Types
• Redis

Learning Objectives

• At the end of this project, you are expected to be able to explain to anyone, without the help of Google:

• how to create an API with Express
• how to authenticate a user
• how to store data in MongoDB
• how to store temporary data in Redis
• how to setup and use a background worker

Requirements

• Allowed editors: vi, vim, emacs, Visual Studio Code
• All your files will be interpreted/compiled on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS using node (version 12.x.x)
• All your files should end with a new line
• A README.md file, at the root of the folder of the project, is mandatory
• Your code should use the js extension
• Your code will be verified against lint using ESLint