In MERN Mediastream, we will add list views of relevant media with a snapshot of each video to give visitors easier access and an overview of the videos on the application. For example, in the following screenshot, the Profile component displays a list of media posted by the corresponding user, showing the video preview and other details of each media:
We will set up list APIs in the backend to retrieve different lists, such as videos uploaded by a single user and the most popular videos with the highest views in the application. Then, these retrieved lists can be rendered in a reusable MediaList component, which will receive a list of media objects as a prop from a parent component that fetches the specific API. In the following sections, we will implement the MediaList component and the backend APIs to retrieve the two different lists of media from the database...