Project Overview

Welcome to our Next.js Video Sharing Application! Crafted to provide a streamlined experience, this innovative platform allows users to share and discover captivating YouTube videos effortlessly. With features allowing easy registration and sign-in, users can post YouTube video links that the application automatically processes to retrieve essential video information. The fusion of Next.js's robustness and MongoDB's flexibility ensures a high-performance, user-centric application.

Key Features

• User Authentication: Offers a fortified registration and sign-in process, safeguarding data privacy and security.
• Video Sharing: Empowers users to share YouTube video links directly on the platform with ease.
• Automated Video Information Retrieval: Equipped with an automatic extraction feature that displays video information from YouTube, amplifying the user experience.
• MongoDB Integration: Assures efficient and secure storage of user and video data, underlining data integrity and easy accessibility.

Prerequisites

To harness the full capacity of our application, ensure the installation of the following software and tools:

• Git: A potent, open-source, distributed version control system adept at managing projects of varied scales efficiently. Follow this guide to install Git.

• Node.js: Our application, built on Next.js, mandates the installation of Node.js. Ensure it’s version 16 or later. Download here.

• pnpm: A performant alternative to Node.js package managers. To install pnpm, adhere to these instructions.

• Docker: An essential open-source platform for containerizing applications. This project specifically requires Docker for rapid MongoDB deployment in the development environment, along with docker-compose. Follow this guide for installation.

Installation & Configuration

Post the installation of the required tools and software, clone the project repository to your local machine using the command:

git clone https://github.com/VietNguyenR/youtube-share.git

Navigate into the project folder and install all necessary dependencies with the command:

cd youtube-share
pnpm install

Database Setup

With all dependencies installed, activate Docker to initiate MongoDB:

docker-compose up

A successful initiation will display the following message on your terminal:

[+] Building 0.0s (0/0)
[+] Running 2/0
 ✔ Container youtube-share-mongo-express-1  Running
 ✔ Container youtube-share-mongo-1          Running

Manage data via a browser-based GUI by accessing http://localhost:8081/.

Running the Application

With the Docker container active, execute the following commands to visualize the project:

# For development 
pnpm dev
# For production build
pnpm build && pnpm start

A successful run will yield the message:

 ▲ Next.js 13.5.3
  - Local:        http://localhost:3000
  - Environments: .env

Access the application via a browser at http://localhost:3000.