YouTube-Like Platform Backend

🚀 Overview 🚀

This project is a backend implementation for a YouTube-like platform, built using Node.js and Express.js. The platform provides a robust and scalable architecture, leveraging MongoDB for database management and integrating various features to ensure a secure and dynamic user experience.

Key Features

• User Registration & Authentication: Secure user registration, login, and logout functionalities.
• Password Management: Support for changing and updating passwords with enhanced security.
• Token-Based Authentication: Secure access and refresh tokens using jsonwebtoken for safe and seamless sessions.
• Channel Subscription: Subscribe to channels with dynamic updates to subscriber counts.
• User History Tracking: Track user activities to provide a personalized experience.
• File Uploads: Integrated multer for handling avatar (required) and cover image uploads, with support for updating both.
• Middleware Injection: Enhanced application security and functionality through strategic middleware injection.
• Data Encryption: Passwords are securely encrypted using bcrypt.
• Database Management: Utilized MongoDB with the powerful aggregate pipeline to streamline data processing.

Upcoming Features

I'm currently working on adding the following functionalities:

• Liked Videos
• Playlists
• Tweet Integration

Collaboration

If you're interested in contributing to the frontend development for this project, I'd love to collaborate! Feel free to reach out or submit a pull request.

Technologies Used

• Node.js
• Express.js
• MongoDB
• Multer for file uploads
• JWT (jsonwebtoken) for authentication
• Cookie Parser
• Bcrypt for password encryption
• Aggregate Pipeline for data processing in MongoDB

Getting Started

Prerequisites

Make sure you have the following installed:

• Node.js (v14 or higher)
• MongoDB (local or cloud-based)
• Git

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/youtube-platform-backend.git
   cd youtube-platform-backend

2. Install dependencies:

   npm install

3. Set up environment variables:

   Create a .env file in the root directory and add the following:

   PORT=8000
   MONGO_URI=your_mongodb_connection_string
   JWT_SECRET=your_jwt_secret_key
   CLOUD_STORAGE_API_KEY=your_cloud_storage_api_key

   Replace the placeholder values with your actual credentials.

4. Run the server:

   npm start

   The server will start on http://localhost:8000.