The videu Backend Server

This is the source tree of the videu backend server, the RESTful HTTP API that powers the FreeTube platform.

WARNING: This Is Pre-Alpha Software!

This application should not be exposed to the Internet because it is not stable yet.

License

Copyright © 2020 The videu Project. All rights reserved.

This software is licensed under the AGPLv3, see the LICENSE file for details.

Development Setup

You will need:

• NodeJS >= 12.4 (and npm ofc)
• a MongoDB server (there are plans for using mongodb-memory-server in development mode by default, but this is not a priority right now)
• a UNIX system (Linux, *BSD and MacOS should all work)
• a decent IDE with TypeScript support
• (optionally) an SMTP server with TLS support

You might be able to run it on Windows, but this is not supported and highly discouraged. If you absolutely need to, use the Windows Subsystem for Linux.

Clone the repository, open a shell in the project's root directory and type npm i to install all dependencies. Copy the .env.default file to .env and adjust the configuration parameters accordingly. Finally, type npm run-script dev to start a local development server.

We recommend Postman for sending requests, but you can basically use any other REST debugging tool (or curl if you're a UNIX neckbeard).

The Obligatory Begging for Money

Yes, asking for money when there is almost no working code yet is quite bold, but come on. I am a broke student who literally re-writes YouTube all by himself. If you got some money to spend, I would highly appreciate it if you gave me a buck or two so I don't have to die from starvation.

PayPal: https://paypal.me/sandtler
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ETH: 0x99aFdc6EE3e7cAB67e83E56598fee77BFc21dC56

It should be noted, however, that you absolutely don't have to donate something if you don't want to.