🎬 Netflix Clone

A full-stack Netflix clone built with Vite + React on the frontend and Node.js + Express on the backend.

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🚀 Features

✅ Browse Movies & TV Shows
✅ Responsive slider UI
✅ Secure Authentication (cookies, protected routes)
✅ Dynamic fetching from TMDB API
✅ Protected API routes on backend
✅ Scrollable carousels with smooth animations
✅ Deployment-ready build (production config included)

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🛠️ Tech Stack

Frontend

• Vite + React
• React Router
• Axios
• Lucide Icons
• Tailwind CSS (or other utility classes if you’re using them)

Backend

• Node.js
• Express.js
• MongoDB (if using for auth/user data)
• Cookie-Parser
• CORS

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🌐 Getting Started

Clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/netflix-clone.git
cd netflix-clone

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⚙️ Frontend Setup

cd Frontend
npm install
npm run dev

• Runs the frontend on Vite dev server (usually http://localhost:5173)

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⚙️ Backend Setup

cd Backend
npm install
npm run dev

• Runs Express server on your configured port (e.g. http://localhost:5000)

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🌟 Environment Variables

Create a .env file in your backend directory:

PORT=5000
MONGO_URI=your_mongo_connection_string
TMDB_API_KEY=your_tmdb_api_key
NODE_ENV=development

📦 Production Build

To build the frontend:

cd Frontend
npm run build

This outputs a static site into /dist. Your Express backend is configured to serve this in production.

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🤝 Contributing

PRs welcome! Feel free to open issues or suggestions.

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💡 Author

Built with ❤️ by jb17899