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Update and Delete Files

Explore how to implement update and delete functionalities for files using secure server-side routes in Node.js. Learn to ensure authentication and authorization so users can only modify their own files, validating data and handling errors like missing files.

The other necessary CRUD operations are to update and delete endpoints. In our application, we need to update or delete only one file at a time.

Update file

To update a file, we need to make sure that the following is complete:

  • The user should be authenticated so that the guests can’t update each others’ files.

  • Each user can update only their files, not another ...