🎬 VideoTube

A video sharing platform inspired by YouTube, built with Node.js, Express, and MongoDB. VideoTube allows users to upload, view, and manage videos, create playlists, and interact with content in a dynamic environment.

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🚀 Features

• User Authentication: Secure login and registration with JWT-based sessions.
• Video Management: Upload, view, and delete videos.
• Playlist System: Create, update, and manage playlists.
• Video Comments: Users can comment on videos.
• Like System: Rate videos with likes and dislikes.
• Search Functionality: Search for videos by title, description.
• Subscription Functionality: User can subscribe any channel.
• Dashboard Functionality: Get all video of a channel and channel stats.
• Tweet System: User can create, update,delete tweets.

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🛠 Technologies Used

• Backend: Node.js, Express.js
• Database: MongoDB, Mongoose
• Authentication: JWT (JSON Web Tokens)
• File Storage: Multer for handling video uploads
• Environment Management: dotenv
• Development Tools: Nodemon,prettier

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📁 Project Structure

VideoTube/
│
├── public/
│ └──temp/ # Temporary media files
├── src/
│ │
│ ├── controllers/ # Route controllers
│ │ ├── comment.controller.js
│ │ ├── dashboard.controller.js
│ │ ├── healthcheck.controller.js
│ │ ├── like.controller.js
│ │ ├── playlist.controller.js
│ │ ├── subscription.controller.js
│ │ ├── tweet.controller.js
│ │ ├── user.controller.js
│ │ └── video.controller.js
│ │
│ ├── db/ # Database connection
│ │ └── index.js
│ │
│ ├── models/ # Mongoose models
│ │ ├── like.models.js
│ │ ├── like.models.js
│ │ ├── like.models.js
│ │ ├── comment.models.js
│ │ ├── like.models.js
│ │ ├── playlist.models.js
│ │ ├── subscription.models.js
│ │ ├── tweet.models.js
│ │ ├── user.models.js
│ │ └── video.model.js
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│ ├── routes/ # API routes
│ │ ├── comment.routes.js
│ │ ├── dashboard.routes.js
│ │ ├── healthcheck.routes.js
│ │ ├── like.routes.js
│ │ ├── playlist.routes.js
│ │ ├── subscription.routes.js
│ │ ├── tweet.routes.js
│ │ ├── user.routes.js
│ │ └── video.routes.js
│ │
│ ├── middleware/ # Custom middleware
│ │ ├── auth.middleware.js
│ │ ├── multer.middleware.js
│ │ └── validators.middleware.js
│ │
│ ├── utils/ # Utility functions
│ │ ├── ApiError.js
│ │ ├── ApiResponse.js
│ │ ├── asyncHandler.js
│ │ └── cloudinary.js
│ │
│ ├── validators/ #Validations
│ │ └── user.validators.js
│ │
│ ├── app.js # Router, middlewares setup
│ ├── constant.js
│ └── index.js # Entry point
│
├── .env
├── .env.sample # Sample environment variables
├── .gitignore
├── package-lock.json
├── package.json
├── readme.md
└── VideoTube.postman_collection.json

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⚙️ Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/iamsoumaditya/VideoTube.git
   cd VideoTube

2. Install Dependencies

   npm install

3. Set up environment
   copy all enviroment variables from .env.sample and add your own credentials

4. Run Command

   npm run dev #development
   npm run start #production

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🚀 Usage

• Visit http://localhost:{PORT} to access the backend API.
• Use a tool like Postman to test endpoints.
• You can create users, upload videos, and manage playlists & etc.

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API Documentation

• Refer to the postman collection documentation

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👨‍💻 Contributing

Contributions are always welcome!

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create your feature branch

       git checkout -b feature/new-feature

3. git commit -m "Added new feature"

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👨‍💻 Author

Soumaditya Roy
GitHub: @iamsoumaditya