NG Movies – Scalable Video Streaming Platform

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Description:

Developed a high-traffic video streaming platform with 270k+ app downloads, leveraging the YouTube Data API v3 to fetch video metadata via secure HTTP requests using API keys. Designed and implemented advanced parsing algorithms to extract and normalize actor data through spell-check and validation, ensuring data integrity and consistency.

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Core Expertise & Responsibilities:

Architected and maintained a Laravel backend with RESTful JSON APIs, utilizing Sanctum and JWT for robust, token-based authentication and secure session management.
Engineered automatic content categorization using keyword-driven classification algorithms, enhancing user discoverability and engagement.
Integrated Elasticsearch running in Docker containers for ultra-fast, scalable full-text search across movies and metadata, significantly improving search relevance and response times.
Developed responsive, multi-language web frontend (HTML, CSS, JS) and Flutter mobile app, ensuring seamless cross-platform user experience.
Built comprehensive admin dashboards enabling granular user and content management, streamlining operational workflows.
Employed Composer and NPM for efficient dependency and package management, optimizing build and deployment processes.
Deployed and managed application on Linux-based Apache servers with PHP 8.x, ensuring high availability and performance.

Technologies & Methodologies:

API Integration & Data Parsing | Laravel PHP Framework | Secure Authentication (Sanctum, JWT)
Elasticsearch | Docker Containerization | RESTful API Design
Frontend Development: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Flutter
Continuous Integration & Deployment Best Practices
Data Quality Assurance via Automated Spell-Checking & Validation

Achievements:

Delivered a scalable, maintainable platform with clean, modular code adhering to Laravel best practices and SOLID principles.
Enhanced user engagement with personalized features: favorites, watch later, history, and social sharing.
Improved search efficiency and content discovery through optimized Elasticsearch integration.

This project highlights my expertise in full-stack Laravel development, API integration, data processing, search optimization, and cross-platform application architecture, positioning me as a specialist in building robust, scalable streaming solutions.