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Personal Data.\n2. Basic authentication.\n3. Session authentication.\n\n## :wrench: Project setup.\n```bash\n# Create project directory and readme.\nmkdir ./alx-backend-user-data/\ntouch ./alx-backend-user-data/README.md\n\ncd alx-backend-user-data\n\n# Create repository.\ngit init\ngit add .\ngit commit -m 'first commit'\ngit remote add origin \u003cREMOTE_URL\u003e\ngit push\n\n# Create gitignore file.\ntouch .gitignore\n\necho '*/__pycache__/\n' \u003e .gitignore\n```\n\n# :computer: Projects\n## [0x00. Personal data](0x00-personal_data)\nThe project is about personal data and user management. The project required implementing;\n* A log filter to obfuscate PII fields\n* Encrypting passwords\n* Checking the validity of an input password\n* Authenticating to a database using environment variables. \n\n### :wrench: Project setup.\n```bash\n# Create project directory and readme.\nmkdir ./0x00-personal_data/\ntouch ./0x00-personal_data/README.md\ncd 0x00-personal_data\n```\n\u003e [:point_right: Go to project](0x00-personal_data)\n\n## [0x01. Basic authentication](0x01-Basic_authentication)\nThe project involves learning about the authentication process and implementing a Basic Authentication on a simple API written in Python Flask Framework requiring knowledge in;\n* REST API Authentication Mechanisms\n* HTTP header Authorization\n* Flask, and \n* Base64 concepts.\n\n### :wrench: Project setup.\n```bash\n# Create project directory and readme.\nmkdir ./0x01-Basic_authentication/\ntouch ./0x01-Basic_authentication/README.md\ncd 0x01-Basic_authentication\n```\n\u003e [:point_right: Go to project](0x00-python_variable_annotations)\n\n\u003c!----\u003e\n## [0x02. Session authentication](0x02-Session_authentication)\nThe project is about implementing a session authentication mechanism without installing any other module. The learning objectives of the project include;\n* Understanding authentication, session authentication.\n* Cookies, sending cookies, and parsing cookies.\n\n### :wrench: Project setup.\n```bash\n# Create project directory and readme.\nmkdir ./0x02-Session_authentication/\ntouch ./0x02-Session_authentication/README.md\ncd 0x02-Session_authentication\n```\n\u003e [:point_right: Go to project](0x02-Session_authentication)\n\u003c!----\u003e\n\n# :man: Author and Credits.\nThis project was done by [SE. Richard Miruka](https://github.com/RichardMiruka). Feel free to get intouch with me;\n\n:iphone: WhatsApp [+254700129706](https://wa.me/254700129706)\n\n:email: Email [richardmiruka96@gmail.com](mailto:richardmiruka96@gmail.com)\n\n:thumbsup: A lot of thanks to [ALX-Africa Software Engineering](https://www.alxafrica.com/) program for the project requirements.\n\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Frichardmiruka%2Falx-backend-user-data","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Frichardmiruka%2Falx-backend-user-data","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Frichardmiruka%2Falx-backend-user-data/lists"}