VidTube Backend

A YouTube-like backend built with Node.js, Express.js, MongoDB, Cloudinary, and JWT Authentication.

Features

• User Registration
• User Login
• JWT Authentication
• Refresh Tokens
• Cloudinary Image Upload
• MongoDB Database
• Secure Password Hashing using bcrypt
• REST APIs

Tech Stack

• Node.js
• Express.js
• MongoDB
• Mongoose
• JWT (jsonwebtoken)
• bcryptjs
• cookie-parser
• cors
• dotenv
• multer
• cloudinary
• mongoose-aggregate-paginate-v2
• nodemon (dev)
• prettier (dev)

Installation

Clone the repository:

git clone <repository-url>

Install dependencies:

npm install

Create .env file:

PORT=8000

MONGODB_URI=mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017
DB_NAME=vidtube

CORS_ORIGIN=*

ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET=your_access_secret
ACCESS_TOKEN_EXPIRY=1d

REFRESH_TOKEN_SECRET=your_refresh_secret
REFRESH_TOKEN_EXPIRY=10d

CLOUDINARY_CLOUD_NAME=your_cloud_name
CLOUDINARY_API_KEY=your_api_key
CLOUDINARY_API_SECRET=your_api_secret

Run the server:

npm run dev

API Endpoints

Health Check

GET /api/v1/healthcheck

User Registration

POST /api/v1/users/register

User Login

POST /api/v1/users/login

Project Structure

src/
├── controllers/
├── models/
├── routes/
├── middlewares/
├── utils/
├── db/
├── app.js
└── index.js

Author

Banoth Nithin ECE Sophomore @ NIT Patna Aspiring Software Engineer