March 19, 2024, 12:58 a.m. | Afolabi Esther

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In the last post, I created the project directory and had the server running.


In this post, I'll be working on the auth (sign-up route).


The logic to implement in the sign-up route are:



  • validate email and password

  • check if email is not already used

  • hash the password..(not storing the password in plain text incase the DB gets breached)

  • save the user to the database

  • send back token


Make sure to:



  • install express validator lib package (an express middleware …

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