alx-files_manager

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

Objective

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

Tools

The following tools were used for the project.

• MongoDB
• NodeJs
• ExpressJs
• Redis
• Kue

Setup

To set up the project,

Step 1: Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/St-Pardon/alx-files_manager.git

Step 2: Navigate to the Repository

cd alx-files_manager/

Step 3: Download the dependencies

npm install

Step 4: Start up your redis server

redis-server &

Step 5: Start up your Node server

npm run start-server

API Documentation

Click here to view the complete list of the API

Authors

• Onu Onyedikachi (Team Lead)
• Nwachukwu MaryBaptista

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