🎬 YouTube Clone (React + YouTube Data API v3)

A simple YouTube Clone built with React.js that focuses on one core functionality:
👉 Showing real YouTube videos on the Home page and playing them in a popup modal, just like YouTube.

This project is intentionally kept minimal to focus on understanding real-world API usage, UI rendering, and video playback.

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🚀 Features

• 📺 Fetches real YouTube videos using YouTube Data API v3 (via RapidAPI)
• 🏠 Home page displays trending / category-based videos
• ▶️ Click on a video to play it in a popup modal
• 📂 Browse videos by category
• 📱 Responsive layout (YouTube-like UI structure)

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🛠️ Tech Stack

• Frontend: React.js
• Routing: React Router DOM
• API: YouTube Data API v3 (via RapidAPI)
• Styling: CSS
• Icons: React Icons

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📦 API Used

This project uses YouTube Data API v3 through RapidAPI to fetch real YouTube content.

Why RapidAPI?

• Easy API key management
• Simplified request headers
• Faster setup for learning projects

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🔑 Environment Variables

Create a .env file in the root folder and add: