Authentication of Live Streams and Video Apps with JSON Web Tokens

This code is part of a tutorial on how to build a broadcasting app for the web and mobile. It utilizes the following technologies:

1. NodeJS
2. React Native
3. Expo
4. BingeWave

Tutorial

To read the full tutorial, please visit here: https://medium.com/bingewave/how-to-authenticate-with-json-web-tokens-for-interactive-live-streams-61dd2675b3e6

Installation

To install, please follow the steps below.

1. Clone this repose to your local computer.
2. Go onto BingeWave, register for an account and create a Live Event.
3. Go into backend/ folder and run npm install on the command line. In the .env file, input the organizer access token of your organizer account. Run node server.js to start the backend.
4. Go into mobile/ folder and run npm install on the command line. In the mobile/screens/Video.js, be sure to enter the id of a live event. Run expo start to start the mobile app interface.
5. In web/ folder, in the files index.html replace the id with a live event id and the users auth token.