VideoVault:

A full-stack video sharing platform inspired by YouTube, built with the MERN stack. VideoVault allows users to upload, view, like, comment on, and manage videos, with powerful authentication and real-time features.

Table of Contents 🚀 Demo

🧩 Tech Stack

✅ Features

📁 Folder Structure

⚙️ Getting Started

🔐 Environment Variables

📡 API Endpoints

🤝 Contributing

📄 License

Tech stack Node.js with Express.js

MongoDB with Mongoose

JWT for authentication

Cloudinary for video/image upload

Socket.IO (planned) for real-time updates

Features 🔐 Authentication JWT-based login & registration

Password hashing with Bcrypt

Optional email verification

📹 Video Management Upload videos (Cloudinary)

Edit or delete videos

Track views, likes, and comments

🗣️ Social Features Like/Dislike videos

Subscribe/Unsubscribe to users

Comment on videos

View user profiles & channels

🔍 Search & Explore Search videos by title/tags

Explore trending & recent videos

Filter by category

Folder Structure video-vault/ ├── src/ │ ├── controllers/ # Route business logic │ ├── models/ # MongoDB schemas via Mongoose │ ├── routes/ # Express route definitions │ ├── middleware/ # Auth, error handling │ ├── utils/ # Cloudinary & helper functions │ ├── db/ # MongoDB connection logic │ └── index.js # Entry point of the backend server ├── .env ├── package.json └── README.md

Insttallation steps

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/video-vault.git ✅ CHANGE: Replace YOUR_USERNAME cd video-vault

2. Install dependencies

npm install

3. Create a .env file

cp .env.example .env

4. Fill the environment variables inside .env

5. Run the server

npm run dev

Environmental Variable MONGODB_URI=your_mongo_db_connection_string
JWT_SECRET=your_jwt_secret
CLOUDINARY_CLOUD_NAME=your_cloud_name
CLOUDINARY_API_KEY=your_cloudinary_api_key
CLOUDINARY_API_SECRET=your_cloudinary_api_secret

📡 API Endpoints (Backend) These are some example endpoints. You can expand them as needed:

👤 Auth POST /api/v1/users/register – Register a new user

POST /api/v1/users/login – Login and receive JWT

📹 Video POST /api/v1/videos/upload – Upload a video

PUT /api/v1/videos/:id – Edit a video

DELETE /api/v1/videos/:id – Delete a video

GET /api/v1/videos/explore – Discover trending videos

💬 Comments POST /api/v1/comments/:videoId – Add comment to a video

GET /api/v1/comments/:videoId – Fetch all comments

❤️ Likes & Subscriptions POST /api/v1/videos/:id/like

POST /api/v1/users/:id/subscribe