Streamline - Media Streaming Backend

Streamline is a high-performance, scalable backend for a media streaming platform, inspired by platforms like YouTube (but not a clone!). This backend powers core features such as user authentication, video uploads, playlist management, and dynamic user interactions including comments, likes, and subscriptions.

🚀 Features

• User Authentication:
  Secure login/register system using JWT and bcrypt for robust password and session security.

• Video Uploads & Delivery:
  Supports efficient video uploads and streaming, utilizing Cloudinary for optimized media storage and accelerated delivery (boosted delivery speed by 40%).

• Playlist Management:
  Users can create, update, and manage playlists for better content organization.

• User Interactions:

  • Comments: Aggregated with user details and like counts.
  • Likes: Like and unlike videos and comments.
  • Subscriptions: Subscribe/unsubscribe to channels.
  • Tweets: Custom tweet-like feature for short video updates.

• Performance-Oriented Database Design:
  Built with MongoDB and Mongoose; optimized schemas for users, videos, playlists, and interactions for rapid queries and scalability.

• Custom Middleware & Routing:
  Modular and maintainable code structure using Express.js, with custom middleware for authentication, error handling, and more.

• Health Checks & Dashboards:
  Integrated endpoints for service health monitoring and admin dashboards.

• Controllers: All major business logic, such as handling video, user, comment, playlist, and subscription operations.

• Middleware: Authentication, validation, and error-handling logic.

• Routes: API endpoints mapped to controllers.

• Models: Mongoose schemas for Users, Videos, Playlists, Comments, etc.

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🛠️ Tech Stack

• Backend: Node.js, Express.js
• Database: MongoDB (with Mongoose ODM)
• Authentication: JWT, bcrypt
• Media Storage/Delivery: Cloudinary
• Other: Custom middleware, RESTful API design

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📈 Key Highlights

• Improved media delivery speed by 40% through Cloudinary integration.
• Aggregated comment endpoints fetch user details and like counts efficiently.
• Modular, scalable, and production-ready backend design.

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🔒 Security

• Passwords are hashed using bcrypt before storage.
• All sensitive routes are protected using JWT-based authentication middleware.
• Input validation is applied across endpoints.

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🚦 Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Node.js (v14+)
• MongoDB instance (local or cloud)
• Cloudinary account (for media storage)

Installation

1. Clone the repo:

   git clone https://github.com/Itsmeinayath/Backend-Project.git
   cd Backend-Project

2. Install dependencies:

   npm install

3. Configure environment variables:
   Create a .env file with the following:

   MONGODB_URI=your_mongodb_connection_string
   JWT_SECRET=your_jwt_secret
   CLOUDINARY_CLOUD_NAME=your_cloud_name
   CLOUDINARY_API_KEY=your_api_key
   CLOUDINARY_API_SECRET=your_api_secret
   

4. Run the server:

   npm start

   The server will start on http://localhost:3000 (or the port in your .env).

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📃 API Documentation

• API endpoints are organized by resource (users, videos, playlists, etc.).
• See the /routes directory and controller files for detailed endpoint documentation.

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🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please open an issue or submit a pull request for feature requests, bug fixes, or improvements.

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📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

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📬 Contact

For questions, suggestions, or collaborations, please open an issue or reach out via GitHub.

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