YouTube Clone

Full-stack Next.js + TypeScript + MongoDB video platform.

Setup

1. npm install
2. npm run dev
3. Open http://localhost:3000

Local development starts a temporary MongoDB automatically and seeds demo videos. Data stored in the temporary database is reset when the dev server stops. Set MONGODB_URI in .env.local to use a persistent MongoDB instance instead.

Likes, subscriptions, watch history, and Watch later are saved in the current browser and are not synced across devices.

API

• GET/POST /api/videos
• GET/PATCH/DELETE /api/videos/:id
• GET/POST /api/comments

The starter seed creates demo videos automatically on first home-page load. Replace demo media URLs with your own Cloudinary URLs for production uploads.