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title: "Comment by Anthony Kiplimo on \"How To Build a Task Manager API with NodeJS, Express, MongoDB, and Heroku\" | Hashnode"
description: "Quick one, you mention the 'middleware/auth' file in the code but you didn't cover it. Was that intentional?"
url: "https://hashnode.com/posts/how-to-build-a-task-manager-api-with-nodejs/645528a2092efce3e058ebcf/comment/645a59694c568a455ef0252e"
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Comment [How To Build a Task Manager API with NodeJS, Express, MongoDB, and Heroku](https://hashnode.com/posts/how-to-build-a-task-manager-api-with-nodejs/645528a2092efce3e058ebcf)

[Anthony Kiplimo](https://hashnode.com/@anthonykiplimo)

[May 9, 2023](https://hashnode.com/posts/how-to-build-a-task-manager-api-with-nodejs/645528a2092efce3e058ebcf/comment/645a59694c568a455ef0252e)

Quick one, you mention the 'middleware/auth' file in the code but you didn't cover it. Was that intentional?

[Bonaventure Ogeto](https://hashnode.com/@bonaogeto)

[May 11, 2023](https://hashnode.com/posts/how-to-build-a-task-manager-api-with-nodejs/645528a2092efce3e058ebcf/comment/645a59694c568a455ef0252e#reply-645c849a8cfd606560efb33f)

Yes, it was intentional. Thank you for raising that. I'll cover the authentication bit in another tutorial.