YouTube-Backend

This is a mini YOUTUBE-BACKEND project that covers the major functionalities of youtube

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Links
3. Features
4. Technologies Used
5. Installtion
6. Contribution
7. Credit

Introduction

This comprehensive backend application replicates the core functionality of YouTube, providing a robust foundation for video platform. Find more about his project in the documentaion below.

Important links

Content	Link
Postman collection Documentation	click here
Model	click here

Features

User Management:

• Registration, login, logout, change-current-password, delete-user-account
• Profile management (avatar, cover image, details)
• Session Management using JWT (JSON Web Tokens) and signedCookies:
• Managing Watch history

Video Management:

• Video upload and publishing
• Video search, sorting, and pagination
• Video editing and deletion
• Visibility control (publish/unpublish)

Tweet Management:

• Tweet creation and publishing
• Viewing user tweets
• Updating and deleting tweets

Subscription Management:

• Subscribing to channels
• Viewing subscriber and subscribed channel lists

Playlist Management:

• Creating, updating, and deleting playlists
• Adding and removing videos from playlists
• Viewing user playlists

Like Management:

• Liking and unliking videos, comments, and tweets
• Viewing liked videos

Comment Management:

• Adding, updating, and deleting comments on videos

Dashboard:

• Viewing channel statistics (views, subscribers, videos, likes)
• Accessing all uploaded videos by user

Health Check:

• Endpoint to verify the backend's health

Api Docs:

• Api documention using swagger-ui-express

Seed-fake-data

• seed fake data into database using faker package

Technologies Used

• Node.js (v21.1.0)
• Express.js (4.18.2)
• MongoDB
• Cloudinary

Installation and Setup

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/manishpali17/youtube-backend.git

2. Install dependencies:

   # change direactory
   cd youtube-backend
   npm i

3. Set up environment variables: Create a .env in root of project and fill in the required values

   # Create .env file for environment variables
   touch .env

   PORT=3000
   NODE_ENV=<development> # if you want stack and seeding functionality
   MONGO_URI=<mongodb connection string>
   CORS_ORIGIN=*
   ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET=<your token secret>
   ACCESS_TOKEN_EXPIRY=1d
   REFRESH_TOKEN_SECRET=< your refresh token secret>
   REFRESH_TOKEN_EXPIRY=10d
   CLOUDINARY_CLOUD_NAME=<your cloud name>
   CLOUDINARY_API_KEY=<your api key>
   CLOUDINARY_API_SECRET=<your api secret>
   

4. Start the server:

   # Start the server using npm
   npm run dev

   Server will start on Port:3000

Contributing

If you wish to contribute to this project, please feel free to contribute.

Credit

ChaiAurCode.