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new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3614d02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/default.json
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+{
+  "db": {
+    "user": "postgres",
+    "password": "node4db",
+    "host": "localhost",
+    "port": 5432,
+    "database": "node4db"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..85bd022
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+version: "3"
+services:
+  db: # this is the service name
+    image: postgres # this is the Docker image we want for this service
+    environment: # We can set shell environment variables that will be passed to process
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: node4db
+    ports:
+      - 5432:5432 # this binds ports from the container to the host system (your computer)
+    volumes:
+      - node4db:/var/lib/postgresql/data # binds a folder in the container to a specified volume
+volumes:
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new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4498f67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/1578375967174_add-users-table.js
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+
+exports.shorthands = undefined;
+
+exports.up = pgm => {
+  pgm.createTable("users", {
+    id: {
+      type: "serial",
+      primaryKey: true
+    },
+    username: {
+      type: "text",
+      notNull: true
+    },
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+    },
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+    }
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+};
+
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+            "pgpass": "1.x",
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+          }
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+            "postgres-date": "~1.0.4",
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+          }
+        },
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       "integrity": "sha1-tSQ9jz7BqjXxNkYFvA0QNuMKtp8="
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+    "xregexp": {
+      "version": "4.2.4",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/xregexp/-/xregexp-4.2.4.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-sO0bYdYeJAJBcJA8g7MJJX7UrOZIfJPd8U2SC7B2Dd/J24U0aQNoGp33shCaBSWeb0rD5rh6VBUIXOkGal1TZA==",
+      "requires": {
+        "@babel/runtime-corejs2": "^7.2.0"
+      }
+    },
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+      "version": "14.2.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/yargs/-/yargs-14.2.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-/4ld+4VV5RnrynMhPZJ/ZpOCGSCeghMykZ3BhdFBDa9Wy/RH6uEGNWDJog+aUlq+9OM1CFTgtYRW5Is1Po9NOA==",
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         "cliui": "^5.0.0",
+        "decamelize": "^1.2.0",
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-        "os-locale": "^3.1.0",
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         "string-width": "^3.0.0",
         "which-module": "^2.0.0",
         "y18n": "^4.0.0",
-        "yargs-parser": "^13.1.0"
+        "yargs-parser": "^15.0.0"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "decamelize": {
+          "version": "1.2.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/decamelize/-/decamelize-1.2.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha1-9lNNFRSCabIDUue+4m9QH5oZEpA="
+        }
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+        }
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   }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 34e0690..b2e034b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@
   "author": "",
   "license": "ISC",
   "dependencies": {
-    "argon2": "^0.24.0",
+    "argon2": "^0.24.1",
     "express": "^4.17.1",
     "jsonwebtoken": "^8.5.1",
     "massive": "^5.11.2",
-    "node-pg-migrate": "^3.21.1",
-    "pg": "^7.11.0"
+    "node-pg-migrate": "^3.23.3",
+    "pg": "^7.17.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/server/controllers/users.js b/server/controllers/users.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8976c03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/controllers/users.js
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+const argon2 = require("argon2");
+const jwt = require("jsonwebtoken");
+const secret = require("../../secret");
+
+register = (req, res) => {
+  const db = req.app.get("db");
+  const { username, email, password } = req.body;
+
+  argon2
+    .hash(password)
+    .then(hash => {
+      return db.users.insert(
+        {
+          username,
+          email,
+          password: hash
+        },
+        {
+          fields: ["id", "username", "email"]
+        }
+      );
+    })
+    .then(user => {
+      const token = jwt.sign({ userId: user.id }, secret);
+      res.status(201).json({ ...user, token });
+    })
+    .catch(err => {
+      console.error(err);
+      res.status(500).end();
+    });
+};
+auth = (req, res) => {
+  if (!req.headers.authorization) {
+    return res.status(401).end();
+  }
+
+  try {
+    const token = req.headers.authorization.split(" ")[1];
+    jwt.verify(token, secret); // will throw an Error when token is invalid!!!
+    res.status(200).json({ data: "here is the protected data" });
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error(err);
+    res.status(401).end();
+  }
+};
+
+login = (req, res) => {
+  const db = req.app.get("db");
+  const { username, password } = req.body;
+
+  db.users
+    .findOne(
+      {
+        username
+      },
+      {
+        fields: ["id", "username", "email", "password"]
+      }
+    )
+    .then(user => {
+      if (!user) throw new Error("Invalid username!");
+
+      return argon2.verify(user.password, password).then(valid => {
+        if (!valid) throw new Error("Incorrect Password!");
+
+        const token = jwt.sign({ userId: user.id }, secret);
+        delete user.password;
+        res.status(200).json({ ...user, token });
+      });
+    })
+    .catch(err => {
+      if (["Invalid username", "Incorrect password"].includes(err.message))
+        res.status(401).json({ error: err.message });
+      else {
+        console.error(err);
+        res.status(500).end();
+      }
+    });
+};
+
+module.exports = {
+  register,
+  auth,
+  login
+};
diff --git a/server/index.js b/server/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f96efec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+const express = require("express");
+const massive = require("massive");
+
+const users = require("./controllers/users");
+
+massive({
+  host: "localhost",
+  port: 5432,
+  database: "node4db",
+  user: "postgres",
+  password: "node4db"
+}).then(db => {
+  const app = express();
+
+  app.set("db", db);
+  app.use(express.json());
+
+  app.post("/api/register", users.register);
+  app.get("/api/protected/data", users.auth);
+  app.post("/api/login", users.login);
+
+  const PORT = 3004;
+  app.listen(PORT, () => {
+    console.log(`Server is Listening on port ${PORT}`);
+  });
+});