🎬 YouTube Clone API

A RESTful API backend for a YouTube-like video-sharing platform, built with Laravel and MySQL.

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🚀 Features

• User authentication and authorization
• Video upload, streaming, and management
• Channel creation and subscription
• Commenting and liking system
• Playlist management
• Search functionality
• API documentation

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🛠️ Technologies Used

• Framework: Laravel
• Language: PHP
• Database: MySQL
• Web Server: Nginx
• Containerization: Docker
• Package Manager: Composer

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📁 Project Structure

├── app/                 # Application core
├── bootstrap/           # Application bootstrap files
├── config/              # Configuration files
├── database/            # Migrations and seeders
├── public/              # Publicly accessible files
├── resources/           # Views and assets
├── routes/              # API and web routes
├── storage/             # Logs and file storage
├── tests/               # Test cases
├── Dockerfile           # Docker configuration
├── .env.example         # Environment variables example
├── composer.json        # PHP dependencies
├── package.json         # JavaScript dependencies
└── README.md            # Project documentation

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📦 Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/AHMED1CB/youtube-clone-api.git
   cd youtube-clone-api

2. Copy the example environment file and configure it:

   cp .env.example .env

3. Install PHP dependencies:

   composer install

4. Generate application key:

   php artisan key:generate

5. Run database migrations:

   php artisan migrate

6. Start the development server:

   php artisan serve

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🐳 Docker Setup

1. Build and run the Docker containers:

   docker-compose up -d --build

2. Access the application: The API will be available at http://localhost:8000.

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🔌 API Endpoints

🔐 Authentication:

• POST /api/auth/register - Register a new user
• POST /api/auth/login - Authenticate a user
• POST /api/auth/logout - Logout the authenticated user
• POST /api/auth - Get Profile Details

📹 Videos And Shorts:

• POST /api/videos - Retrieve all videos
• POST /api/videos/upload - Upload a new video
• POST /api/videos/{slug} - Retrieve a specific video
• POST /api/videos/{id}/delete - Delete a video
• POST /api/videos/{id}/comment - Comment on Video
• POST /api/videos/{id}/savedata - Add View To Video And Save To User History
• POST /api/videos/{id}/react - React on Video

📺 Channels:

• POST /api/channels/{channel}/subscribe - Subscribe Channel
• POST /api/channels/{username} - get Channel Data

💬 Comments:

• POST /api/comments/ - get All user Comments
• POST /api/comments/{comment}/update - Update Comment
• POST /api/comments/{comment}/delete - Delete a comment

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💬 History:

• POST /api/ - get All History Videos Of User
• POST /api/history/changestate - Pause or Start Saving History Videos
• POST /api/history/clear - Clear History of user

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🗄️ Database Configuration

Ensure your .env file is configured with the correct database settings:

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=your_database_name
DB_USERNAME=your_username
DB_PASSWORD=your_password

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🧪 Running Tests

Execute the test suite using PHPUnit:

php artisan test

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📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

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🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please fork the repository and submit a pull request.

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📫 Contact

For support or inquiries, open an issue on GitHub.

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