VidChirp Backend

Introduction

Vidchirp is a YouTube + Twitter Backend project that covers almost all the functionalities of YouTube and combines Tweet functionality into it.

Features

User Management:

• Registration, login, logout, password reset
• Profile management (avatar, cover image, details)
• Watch history tracking

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 uploaded videos

Technologies Used

• Node.js
• Express.js
• MongoDB

Installation and Setup

1. Clone the repository:

2. Install dependencies:

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

4. Start the Project: