My Awesome Backend

This project is a complex backend project that is built with node.js, express.js, mongoDB, mongoose, jwt, bcrypt, cloudinary, and many more. This project is a complete backend project that has all the features that a backend project should have. We are building a complete video hosting website similar to youtube with all the features like login, register, upload image/video, like, dislike, comment, reply, subscribe, unsubscribe, and many more.

Getting Started

1. Clone this repository to your local machine.
2. Install the required dependencies using npm install.
3. Create a .env file and configure your environment variables (e.g., database connection string, secret keys).
4. Run the server using npm start.

Features

User Management

• User Controller: Handles user registration, login, and authentication.
• User Model: Defines the user schema and interacts with the database.
• Authentication Middleware: Protects routes using JSON Web Tokens (JWT).

Likes

• Like Controller: Manages likes for various content (videos, tweets, etc.).

Videos

• Video Controller: Handles video uploads, retrieval, and management.
• Video Model: Defines the video schema and interacts with the database.
• Multer Middleware: Used for handling file uploads (e.g., video files).

Subscriptions

• Subscription Controller: Manages user subscriptions to channels or content.

Playlists

• Playlist Controller: Handles playlist creation, modification, and retrieval.

Tweets

• Tweet Controller: Manages tweets (short messages) from users.

Comments

• Comment Controller: Handles comments on videos, tweets, etc.
• Comment Model: Defines the comment schema and interacts with the database.

Dashboard

• Dashboard Controller: Provides statistics and insights (e.g., total video views, subscribers, likes).

Packages Used

• cloudinary: For image and video storage and manipulation.
• cookie-parser: Middleware for handling cookies.
• dotenv: Loads environment variables from a .env file.
• cors: Enables cross-origin resource sharing.
• express: Web application framework for Node.js.
• jsonwebtoken: For creating and verifying JWTs.
• mongoose: MongoDB object modeling tool.
• multer: Middleware for handling file uploads.

Contributing

Feel free to contribute by opening issues or submitting pull requests. Let's make this backend even more awesome!