🎬 Streamy - A Full-Stack Backend Project

Streamy is a YouTube-like video hosting backend application built using modern technologies like Node.js, Express.js, MongoDB, Mongoose, JWT, and Bcrypt.

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🚀 Features

• ✅ User Authentication (Signup/Login with JWT & Refresh Tokens)
• 🔒 Secure Passwords with bcrypt
• 📹 Video Upload & Management
• 👍 Like / 👎 Dislike functionality
• 💬 Comment & Reply system
• 📢 Subscribe / Unsubscribe to creators
• 🛡 Standard practices for security and scalability

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📌 Tech Stack

• Node.js
• Express.js
• MongoDB with Mongoose ODM
• JWT (JSON Web Tokens) for Authentication
• Bcrypt for secure password hashing
• Multer / Cloudinary for file handling (media uploads)

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📂 Project Overview

We’re building Streamy as a backend for a video hosting platform similar to YouTube.
It contains a wide range of real-world features and covers everything a developer should know while building complex backend systems.

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⚡ How to Get Started

1. Clone the repo:

   git clone https://github.com/jeetsingh008/Streamy-Backend

2. install dependencies:

   npm install
   

3. Create a .env file and configure:

   MONGODB_URI=your_mongodb_connection_string
   JWT_SECRET=your_jwt_secret
   CLOUDINARY_KEY=your_cloudinary_key
   

4. Start the dev server:

   npm run dev