How To Create A Password Protected File Sharing Site With Node.js, MongoDB, and Express

File sharing sites are incredibly common and they may seem difficult to create but they are actually quite simple. In this video I will show you how to create a simple file sharing site that also includes password protected files and a download count tracker. This project uses Express and MongoDB and is a great beginner backend project. 📚 Materials/References: GitHub Code: https://github.com/WebDevSimplified/file-sharing-node-js Node.js Install Video: https://youtu.be/VShtPwEkDD0 Express Crash Course Video: https://youtu.be/SccSCuHhOw0 Emmet Video: https://youtu.be/V8vizNQKtx0 CSS Grid Video: https://youtu.be/9zBsdzdE4sM How To Install MongoDB Video: https://youtu.be/ofme2o29ngU MongoDB Crash Course Video: https://youtu.be/ofme2o29ngU MongoDB Crash Course Article: https://blog.webdevsimplified.com/2022-02/mongo-db Mongoose Crash Course: https://youtu.be/DZBGEVgL2eE Password Hashing Video: https://youtu.be/Ud5xKCYQTjM 🌎 Find Me Here: My Blog: https://blog.webdevsimplified.com My Courses: https://courses.webdevsimplified.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/WebDevSimplified Twitter: https://twitter.com/DevSimplified Discord: https://discord.gg/7StTjnR GitHub: https://github.com/WebDevSimplified CodePen: https://codepen.io/WebDevSimplified ⏱️ Timestamps: 00:00 - Introduction 00:30 - Demo 01:25 - Project setup 05:35 - File upload HTML form 10:00 - Multer setup 11:56 - Mongoose setup 16:01 - File upload server logic 21:10 - File download server logic 26:15 - Password protection #Nodejs #WDS #MongoDB