🎬 Mega Media Platform API(STREMALINECORE)

A full-featured backend API for a video-sharing and social interaction platform — similar to YouTube or X (Twitter) — built using Node.js, Express.js, Cloudinary and JWT Authentication .
This project includes modular route design, file uploads, MongoDB integration, and complete CRUD APIs for users, videos, comments, playlists, likes, and tweets.

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📚 Table of Contents

• ⚙️ Tech Stack
• 🧩 Features Overview
  • 👤 Authentication & Users
  • 🎥 Videos
  • 💬 Comments
  • ❤️ Likes
  • 📜 Playlists
  • 📡 Subscriptions
  • 🐦 Tweets
  • 📊 Analytics
• 🔐 Middleware
• 🚀 Getting Started
• 🧱 Project Structure
• 👨‍💻 Author

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⚙️ Tech Stack

Category	Technology / Library	Purpose
Runtime	Node.js	Server-side JavaScript runtime
Framework	Express.js	Fast, minimalist backend framework
Authentication	JSON Web Token (JWT)	Secure user authentication
Database / Backend	Cloudinary/ MongoDB	Storage for users, videos, and metadata
File Uploads	Multer	Upload avatars, thumbnails, and videos
Middleware	Custom (verifyJWT, upload)	Route protection and file handling

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🧩 Features Overview

👤 Authentication & Users

Route	Method	Description
/register	POST	Register a new user (supports avatar & cover image upload)
/login	POST	Authenticate user and generate JWT
/logout	POST	Logout user and invalidate session
/refresh-tokens	POST	Regenerate access token using refresh token
/change-password	POST	Change current user password (JWT protected)
/current-user	GET	Get details of the logged-in user
/update-details	PATCH	Update user details
/avatar	PATCH	Update user avatar image
/coverImage	PATCH	Update user cover image
/c/:username	GET	Get a user’s public channel profile
/history	GET	Retrieve the watch history for a user

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🎥 Videos

Route	Method	Description
/	GET	Fetch all videos
/	POST	Upload and publish a new video (thumbnail + video file)
/:videoId	GET	Get details of a video by ID
/:videoId	DELETE	Delete a specific video
/:videoId	PATCH	Update thumbnail or metadata of a video
/toggle/publish/:videoId	PATCH	Toggle publish/unpublish status of a video

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💬 Comments

Route	Method	Description
/:videoId	GET	Get all comments for a video
/:videoId	POST	Add a comment to a video
/c/:commentId	PATCH	Update a specific comment
/c/:commentId	DELETE	Delete a comment

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❤️ Likes

Route	Method	Description
/toggle/v/:videoId	POST	Like/Unlike a video
/toggle/c/:commentId	POST	Like/Unlike a comment
/toggle/t/:tweetId	POST	Like/Unlike a tweet
/videos	GET	Fetch all liked videos for a user

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📜 Playlists

Route	Method	Description
/	POST	Create a new playlist
/:playlistId	GET	Get details of a playlist
/:playlistId	PATCH	Update playlist info
/:playlistId	DELETE	Delete a playlist
/add/:videoId/:playlistId	PATCH	Add a video to a playlist
/remove/:videoId/:playlistId	PATCH	Remove a video from a playlist
/user/:userId	GET	Get all playlists created by a user

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📡 Subscriptions

Route	Method	Description
/c/:channelId	GET	Get all channels a user is subscribed to
/c/:channelId	POST	Subscribe / Unsubscribe to a channel
/u/:subscriberId	GET	Get all subscribers of a channel

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🐦 Tweets

Route	Method	Description
/	POST	Create a new tweet
/user/:userId	GET	Get all tweets by a user
/:tweetId	PATCH	Update a tweet
/:tweetId	DELETE	Delete a tweet

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📊 Analytics

Route	Method	Description
/stats	GET	Get channel statistics (views, likes, etc.)
/videos	GET	Get all videos uploaded by a channel
/	GET	Healthcheck route for API

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🔐 Middleware

Middleware	Purpose
verifyJWT	Protects private routes by validating access tokens
upload	Handles file uploads via Multer
multer	Manages form-data parsing for avatars, videos, and images

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🚀 Getting Started

1️⃣ Clone the Repository

git clone git@github.com:akshayWork-19/StreamlineCore.git
cd StreamlineCore

2️⃣ Install Dependencies

npm install

3️⃣ Configure ENVs

DB_PASSWORD=
PORT=
CORS_ORIGIN=
MONGODB_URI=
ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET=
ACCESS_TOKEN_EXPIRY=
REFRESH_TOKEN_SECRET=
REFRESH_TOKEN_EXPIRY=
CLOUDINARY_API_SECRET=
CLOUDINARY_API_KEY=
CLOUD_NAME=

4️⃣ Run the Server

npm run dev

Project Structure

chai-backend/
│
├── node_modules/ # Installed dependencies
├── public/ # Static assets (if any)
│
├── src/ # Application source code
│ ├── controllers/ # Route controller logic
│ ├── db/ # Database configuration and connection
│ ├── middlewares/ # Express middlewares (e.g., auth, logging)
│ ├── models/ # Database models and schemas
│ ├── routes/ # API route definitions
│ ├── utils/ # Helper functions and utilities
│ │
│ ├── app.js # Express app setup
│ ├── constants.js # Global constants or environment configs
│ └── index.js # Entry point for initializing the server
│
├── .env # Environment variables
├── .gitignore # Ignored files and folders for Git
├── .prettierignore # Files ignored by Prettier
├── .prettierrc # Prettier configuration
│
├── package.json # Project metadata and dependencies
├── package-lock.json # Dependency lock file
└── Readme.md # Project documentation

👨‍💻 Author

Akshay Kumar 💻 Full Stack Developer | React • Node.js • Appwrite • MongoDB

📫 Email: akshay.1904kumar@gmail.com