Best of MongoDB — July 2021
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JavaScript in Plain English·5y
How to Create a YouTube Downloader with Node.js and React
In this tutorial, we will be building a YouTube downloader with the backend implemented in Express and the frontend in React. The basic flow of the app: User will provide a YouTube video link The backend server will push this video link in the queue to process the download. When the job is popped from the queue for processing, the backend emits the event for the client.
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LogRocket·5y
Building a URL shortener with Node.js
URL shorteners like Bitly and Cuttly are incredibly popular. In this article, we are going to create a similar tool by building an API service that shortens the URLs provided to it. For each URL passed into our API, we will generate a unique ID and create a short URL with it. Then, the long URL, short URL, and unique ID will be stored in the database.