Backend Project

🎬 Video Platform Backend

This project is a backend service for a video-sharing platform built with Node.js, Express, and MongoDB.
It follows standard backend practices with secure authentication and efficient media handling.

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🚀 Project Overview

• User authentication with JWT (JSON Web Tokens)
• Password hashing and security using bcrypt
• Access tokens & Refresh tokens for session management
• Cloudinary integration for file upload & deletion
• Video management (upload, update, publish/unpublish, delete)
• Comment system with likes
• Playlists and video organization
• Channel stats, subscriptions, and profiles
• Tweet-like micro-posts with likes
• Watch history and liked videos
• Standard backend structure with controllers & routes

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🎥 Video

• getAllVideos, getVideoById, publishAVideo, updateVideo, deleteVideo, togglePublishStatus

💬 Comments

• addComments, deleteComment, getVideoComments, updateComment, toggleCommentLike

👍 Likes

• toggleVideoLike, toggleTweetLike, toggleCommentLike, getLikedVideos

📂 Playlists

• createPlaylist, getPlaylistById, getUserPlaylists, addVideoToPlaylist, removeVideoFromPlaylist, updatePlaylist, deletePlaylist

📡 Channel & Subscriptions

• getChannelStats, getChannelVideos, getSubscribedChannels, getUserChannelSubscribers, toggleSubscription, getUserChannelProfile

🐦 Tweets

• createTweet, deleteTweet, getUserTweet, updateTweet

👤 User

• registerUser, loginUser, logoutUser, getCurrentUserDetails, updateAccountDetails, updateUserAvatar, updateUserCoverImage, changeUserPassword

🕒 History

• getWatchHistory

🔑 Auth & Tokens

• accessRefreshToken

☁️ Cloudinary

• uploadFromCloudinary, deleteFromCloudinary

🏥 Utility

• healthCheck

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📂 API Routes

🎥 Video Routes

• GET / → getAllVideos
• POST /publishVideo → publishAVideo
• GET /:videoId → getVideoById
• PATCH /:videoId → updateVideo
• DELETE /:videoId → deleteVideo
• PATCH /toggle/publish/:videoId → togglePublishStatus

💬 Comment Routes

• GET /:videoId → getVideoComments
• POST /add/:videoId → addComments
• PATCH /update/:commentId → updateComment
• DELETE /delete/:commentId → deleteComment
• POST /comment/:commentId → toggleCommentLike

👍 Like Routes

• GET /liked-videos → getLikedVideos
• POST /video/:videoId → toggleVideoLike
• POST /c/:tweetId → toggleTweetLike

📂 Playlist Routes

• POST /create-playlist → createPlaylist
• GET /user/:userId → getUserPlaylists
• GET /c/:playlistId → getPlaylistById
• PATCH /add/:playlistId/:videoId → addVideoToPlaylist
• PATCH /remove/:playlistId/:videoId → removeVideoFromPlaylist
• DELETE /delete/:playlistId → deletePlaylist
• PATCH /update/:playlistId → updatePlaylist

📡 Channel & Subscription Routes

• GET /stats → getChannelStats
• GET /videos → getChannelVideos
• POST /c/:channelId → toggleSubscription
• GET /userChannelSubscribers/:channelId → getUserChannelSubscribers
• GET /subscribedChannels/:subscriberId → getSubscribedChannels
• GET /c/:username → getUserChannelProfile

🐦 Tweet Routes

• POST /create-tweet → createTweet
• GET /user-tweet → getUserTweet
• PATCH /:tweetId → updateTweet
• DELETE /:tweetId → deleteTweet

👤 User Routes

• POST /register → registerUser
• POST /login → loginUser
• POST /logout → logoutUser
• POST /refresh-token → accessRefreshToken
• POST /change-password → changeUserPassword
• GET /current-user → getCurrentUserDetails
• PATCH /update-account-details → updateAccountDetails
• PATCH /avatar → updateUserAvatar
• PATCH /cover-image → updateUserCoverImage

🕒 History Routes

• GET /watch-history → getWatchHistory

🏥 Utility Routes

• GET /health-check → healthCheck

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⚡ Tech Stack

• Node.js & Express.js – backend framework
• MongoDB (Mongoose) – database
• JWT – secure authentication
• bcrypt – password hashing & encryption
• Cloudinary – media upload & storage
• Access/Refresh Tokens – token-based session handling

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🔐 Security Practices

• Passwords stored using bcrypt hashing
• Authentication with JWT access & refresh tokens
• Secure media handling via Cloudinary
• Middleware-protected routes for authentication and authorization