🎵 Syncify Backend 🎵

🌟 Introduction

Syncify Backend is a powerful and scalable backend solution for a music streaming platform. It provides robust features such as user authentication, song and album management, real-time communication, and scheduled tasks.

Some Features -

🎸 Control music playback with next and previous song options
🔈 Adjust the volume seamlessly using a slider
🎧 Admin dashboard for managing albums and adding new songs
💬 Real-time chat integrated within Spotify
👨🏼‍💼 Track users' online and offline status
👀 View what others are listening to in real-time
📊 Collect data for analytics insights

Tech Stack -

🚀 Installation

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/ramxcodes/Syncify-backend.git
cd syncify-backend

Install dependencies:
```
npm install
```

Set up environment variables:

Create a .env file in the root directory.

Define the following variables:

PORT=<your-port>
MONGODB_URL=<your-database-url>
ADMIN_EMAIL=<admin-email>
CLOUDINARY_API_KEY=<your-cloudinary-api-key>
CLOUDINARY_API_SECRET=<your-cloudinary-api-secret>
CLOUDINARY_CLOUD_NAME=<your-cloudinary-cloud-name>
NODE_ENV=development
CLERK_PUBLISHABLE_KEY=<your-clerk-publishable-key>
CLERK_SECRET_KEY=<your-clerk-secret-key>

🛠️ Usage

Start the server

Development mode:
```
npm run dev
```
Production mode:
```
npm start
```

The server will be accessible at http://localhost:<PORT>.

✨ Features

👤 User Management: APIs for user registration, login, and profile updates.
🔑 Authentication: Secure user authentication using Clerk.
🎶 Song Management: Upload, delete, and fetch songs. Features include:
- Trending songs
- Personalized recommendations
- Featured playlists
💿 Album Management: Create, delete, and fetch albums, including song associations.
📡 Real-Time Communication: Enable live chat & see what others are listening to.
📊 Analytics: Provide detailed statistics on admin page with number of songs, albums, users, and artists.
📂 File Uploads: Handle media uploads via Cloudinary with size limits and temporary storage.
⏱️ Scheduled Jobs: Automatically clean temporary files using node-cron.

📦 Dependencies

Core Dependencies

express - Web framework
mongoose - MongoDB object modeling
dotenv - Manage environment variables
cors - Enable CORS
socket.io - Real-time communication
cloudinary - Media uploads
express-fileupload - File handling middleware
node-cron - Cron job scheduling

Development Dependencies

nodemon - Auto-restart server on changes

Check package.json for the full list of dependencies.

⚙️ Scripts

npm run dev: Start the server in development mode.
npm run start: Start the server in production mode.
npm run seed:songs: Seed the database with song data.
npm run seed:albums: Seed the database with album data.

🔧 Configuration

Environment Variables: Defined in .env file.
CORS Settings: Configured for http://localhost:3000.
File Uploads: Temporary files stored in the tmp directory with a 10 MB limit.

📊 API Endpoints

User Routes

/api/users - Manage users
/api/users/messages - Retrieve user messages

Auth Routes

/api/auth - User authentication

Admin Routes

/api/admin - Admin functionalities
/api/admin/create-song - Add a new song
/api/admin/create-album - Add a new album

Song Routes

/api/songs - Retrieve all songs
/api/songs/trending - Fetch trending songs
/api/songs/featured - Fetch featured songs
/api/songs/made-for-you - Personalized recommendations

Album Routes

/api/albums - Retrieve all albums
/api/albums/:albumId - Retrieve album details by ID

Statistics Routes

/api/stats - Get platform statistics

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