This project is a summary of the back-end trimester at Holberton School, focusing on authentication, NodeJS, MongoDB, Redis, pagination, and background processing. The objective is to build a simple platform to upload and view files, incorporating user authentication via tokens, listing files, uploading new files, changing file permissions, viewing files, and generating thumbnails for images.

• Language: JavaScript (ES6)
• Back-end Technologies: NodeJS, ExpressJS
• Databases: MongoDB, Redis
• Background Processing: Kue

• CTO: Guillaume, CTO at Holberton School
• Your Team: Silas Mungiria

• Start Date: Feb 8, 2024, 6:00 AM
• End Date: Feb 15, 2024, 6:00 AM
• Checker Release Date: Feb 10, 2024, 12:00 AM
• Manual QA Review: Must be done after completing the project
• Auto Review: Will be launched at the deadline

1. Redis Utils: Create a class for managing Redis connections and operations.
2. MongoDB Utils: Create a class for managing MongoDB connections and operations.
3. First API: Set up the Express server and define basic endpoints for checking status and retrieving statistics.
4. Create a New User: Implement an endpoint for creating new users with email and password.
5. Authenticate a User: Implement endpoints for user authentication, token generation, and token-based user retrieval.
6. First File: Implement an endpoint for uploading files and storing them in the database and disk.
7. Get and List Files: Implement endpoints for retrieving individual files and listing files with pagination.
8. File Publish/Unpublish: Implement endpoints for setting files as public or private.
9. File Data: Implement an endpoint for retrieving the content of a file.

1. Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/mugambi12/alx-files_manager
2. Install dependencies: npm install
3. Start the server: npm start

• Node Version: 12.x.x
• Operating System: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
• Allowed Editors: vi, vim, emacs, Visual Studio Code
• Linting: ESLint

• Ensure all files end with a new line.
• Perform linting using ESLint.
• For running the server, set the PORT environment variable or use the default port 5000.

• Node.js Getting Started
• Express Getting Started
• MongoDB Documentation
• Redis Documentation
• Bull Documentation
• Image Thumbnail Documentation
• Mime-Types Documentation

Upon completion of this project, you should be able to:

• Create an API with Express.
• Implement user authentication.
• Store data in MongoDB and Redis.
• Setup and use background workers.