Safe File Handling
Explore how to safely manage file access in Node.js applications by storing files outside webserver directories and implementing strict access control checks. Understand how to serve files securely to authorized users only, enhancing overall application security against unauthorized file access.
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Back to our story
Circling back to Erica’s story: if you have documents that are served to your users for viewing or downloading, you can’t simply set access control on the *.pdf files. Why not? See, I knew you were going to ask that. It helps that I’m the narrator here.
What you need to do is store the ...