Video Sharing Platform API

This project is a RESTful API for a video sharing platform, providing features like video uploading, user subscriptions, liking videos, creating playlists, and more. The API is built using Node.js, Express.js, and MongoDB, with Mongoose as the ODM.

Features

• User Authentication: Register, login, and manage user profiles.
• Video Management: Upload, update, delete, and view videos.
• Likes and Comments: Like videos, add comments, and view video likes.
• Subscriptions: Subscribe to channels, get channel statistics, and view subscribed channels.
• Playlists: Create playlists, add/remove videos from playlists, and view user playlists.
• Tweets: Create and view user tweets.

Technologies Used

• Node.js: JavaScript runtime environment.
• Express.js: Web framework for Node.js.
• MongoDB: NoSQL database for storing user data, videos, and other related information.
• Mongoose: ODM library for MongoDB and Node.js.
• Cloudinary: Media management service for storing and processing videos and images.
• JWT: JSON Web Tokens for authentication.
• bcrypt: Library for hashing passwords.
• dotenv: Module to load environment variables from a .env file.

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/TheinSoe137/Video-streaming-API.git
   
   

2. Install Dependencies:

   npm install
   

3. Set up environment variables:

• Create a .env file in the root of the project and add the following variables:

  MONGO_URI=your_mongodb_connection_string
  JWT_SECRET=your_jwt_secret_key
  CLOUDINARY_CLOUD_NAME=your_cloudinary_cloud_name
  CLOUDINARY_API_KEY=your_cloudinary_api_key
  CLOUDINARY_API_SECRET=your_cloudinary_api_secret
  
  

4. Run the Server -The server will start on localhost

   npm start
   

API Endpoints

API Endpoints

Health Check

• GET /api/v1/healthcheck/: Check the health of the API.

Users

• POST /api/v1/users/login: Log in a user.
• POST /api/v1/users/refresh-token: Refresh access token.
• POST /api/v1/users/logout: Log out the current user.
• POST /api/v1/users/change-password: Change the current user's password.
• GET /api/v1/users/current-user: Get current user details.
• PATCH /api/v1/users/update-account: Update account details.
• PATCH /api/v1/users/update-avatar: Update user's avatar.
• PATCH /api/v1/users/update-coverimg: Update user's cover image.
• GET /api/v1/users/channel/:username: Get user channel profile.
• GET /api/v1/users/history: Get watched history.

Tweets

• POST /api/v1/tweets/createTweet: Create a new tweet.
• PATCH /api/v1/tweets/:tweetId: Update a tweet.
• DELETE /api/v1/tweets/:tweetId: Delete a tweet.
• GET /api/v1/tweets/t/:userId: Get tweets from a user.

Subscriptions

• GET /api/v1/subscriptions/c/: Get subscribed channels.
• POST /api/v1/subscriptions/c/:channelId: Toggle subscription for a channel.
• GET /api/v1/subscriptions/u/:channelId: Get subscribers for a channel.

Videos

• GET /api/v1/videos/: Get all videos.
• POST /api/v1/videos/: Upload a new video.
• GET /api/v1/videos/:videoId: Get video by ID.
• DELETE /api/v1/videos/:videoId: Delete a video by ID.
• PATCH /api/v1/videos/:videoId: Update video details.
• PATCH /api/v1/videos/toggle/publish/:videoId: Toggle video publish status.

Comments

• GET /api/v1/comments/:videoId: Get comments for a video.
• POST /api/v1/comments/:videoId: Add a comment to a video.
• DELETE /api/v1/comments/c/:commentId: Delete a comment.
• PATCH /api/v1/comments/c/:commentId: Update a comment.

Likes

• POST /api/v1/likes/toggle/v/:videoId: Toggle like on a video.
• POST /api/v1/likes/toggle/c/:commentId: Toggle like on a comment.
• POST /api/v1/likes/toggle/t/:tweetId: Toggle like on a tweet.
• GET /api/v1/likes/videos: Get liked videos by the user.

Playlists

• POST /api/v1/playlist/: Create a new playlist.
• GET /api/v1/playlist/:playlistId: Get playlist by ID.
• PATCH /api/v1/playlist/:playlistId: Update a playlist.
• DELETE /api/v1/playlist/:playlistId: Delete a playlist.
• PATCH /api/v1/playlist/add/:videoId/:playlistId: Add a video to a playlist.
• PATCH /api/v1/playlist/remove/:videoId/:playlistId: Remove a video from a playlist.
• GET /api/v1/playlist/user/:userId: Get playlists created by a user.

Channel

• GET /api/v1/dashboard/stats: Get channel stats like total views, subscribers, videos, and likes.
• GET /api/v1/dashboard/videos: Get all videos uploaded by the channel.

Contact

• For any inquiries or feedback, please reach out via email: @[email protected]