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🎬 ENTERPRISE STREAMING PLATFORM

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Build Status Deployment Status Python Version Django Version License

Executive Summary

Flick is an enterprise-grade microservices streaming platform designed for high-scale, production-ready deployments. Built with Django, Django REST Framework, Redis, and Celery, Flick delivers a comprehensive streaming solution capable of handling millions of concurrent users.

Key Enterprise Features

  • 7 Independent Microservices - Modular architecture for independent scaling
  • Load Balancing - NGINX with keepalive connections and rate limiting
  • Distributed Caching - Redis-backed session and view caching
  • Circuit Breaker Pattern - Fault tolerance for inter-service communication
  • Service Worker - Offline-capable Progressive Web App (PWA)
  • CI/CD Pipeline - Multi-stage GitHub Actions workflow
  • Container Orchestration - Production-ready Docker Compose

Full Architecture Diagram

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┃                                    FLICK ENTERPRISE STACK                         ┃
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                                ┌─────────────────────┐
                                │     CDN / WAF       │
                                │   (CloudFlare)      │
                                └──────────┬──────────┘
                                           │
                                           ▼
                               ┌─────────────────────┐
                               │      NGINX         │
                               │  Load Balancer      │
                               │  - Rate Limiting    │
                               │  - Gzip Compression│
                               │  - Proxy Caching   │
                               └──────────┬──────────┘
                                          │
        ┌─────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────┐
        │                                 │                                 │
        ▼                                 ▼                                 ▼
┌───────────────┐               ┌─────────────────┐               ┌───────────────┐
│   GATEWAY     │               │   GATEWAY       │               │   GATEWAY    │
│  (Port 8000)  │◄─────────────►│  (Port 8000)   │◄─────────────►│  (Port 8000) │
└───────┬───────┘               └────────┬────────┘               └───────┬───────┘
        │                                │                                │
        └────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────┘
                                         │
        ┌──────────┬──────────┬──────────┼──────────┬──────────┬──────────┐
        │          │          │          │          │          │          │
        ▼          ▼          ▼          ▼          ▼          ▼          ▼
   ┌─────────┐┌─────────┐┌─────────┐┌─────────┐┌─────────┐┌─────────┐┌──────────┐
   │  AUTH   ││ CATALOG ││ ACCESS  ││STREAMING││RECOMMEND││ NOTIFY  ││  CELERY  │
   │ SERVICE ││ SERVICE ││ SERVICE ││ SERVICE ││ SERVICE ││ SERVICE ││  WORKERS │
   │ (8001)  ││ (8002)  ││ (8003)  ││ (8004)  ││ (8005)  ││ (8006)  ││          │
   └─────────┘└─────────┘└─────────┘└─────────┘└─────────┘└─────────┘└──────────┘
        │          │          │          │          │          │          │
        └──────────┴──────────┴──────────┴─────┬─────┴──────────┴──────────┘
                                               │
                                    ┌──────────┴──────────┐
                                    │      REDIS         │
                                    │  (Cache & Broker)  │
                                    │  - Sessions        │
                                    │  - View Cache      │
                                    │  - Celery MQ       │
                                    └────────────────────┘

Feature Matrix

Category Feature Description
Core User Authentication JWT-based auth with refresh tokens
Core Movie Catalog Full metadata, search, filtering
Core Video Streaming HLS adaptive streaming
Core Subscriptions Multiple tiers, payment verification
Core Recommendations ML-powered content suggestions
Core Notifications Email alerts, in-app messages
Enterprise Load Balancing NGINX with keepalive connections
Enterprise Rate Limiting Per-service rate limits (100r/s API, 20r/s auth)
Enterprise Redis Caching Session + view caching with 5-min TTL
Enterprise Circuit Breaker Fault tolerance for service calls
Enterprise Service Worker PWA with offline support
Enterprise Multi-stage Docker Optimized production images
Security Security Headers HSTS, XSS filter, CSP ready
Security Password Hashing BCrypt with PBKDF2 fallback
Security CORS Configurable origin allowlist
Security SSL/TLS HTTPS enforcement in production

API Reference

Gateway Service (Port 8000)

Endpoint Method Description
/health/ GET Health check with dependency status
/metrics/ GET Request counter metrics
/proxy/auth/* * Proxy to auth service
/proxy/catalog/* * Proxy to catalog service

Auth Service (Port 8001)

Endpoint Method Description
/health/ GET Service health check
/api/auth/register/ POST User registration
/api/auth/login/ POST User login (returns JWT)
/api/auth/logout/ POST User logout
/api/auth/refresh/ POST Refresh access token
/api/auth/profile/ GET/PUT User profile
/api/auth/watchlist/ GET/POST Watchlist management
/api/auth/watch-history/ GET Watch history

Catalog Service (Port 8002)

Endpoint Method Description
/health/ GET Service health check
/api/catalog/movies/ GET List movies (paginated)
/api/catalog/movies/<id>/ GET Movie details
/api/catalog/genres/ GET List genres
/api/catalog/search/ GET Search content

Access Service (Port 8003)

Endpoint Method Description
/health/ GET Service health check
/api/access/subscribe/ POST Subscribe to plan
/api/access/verify/ GET Verify subscription
/api/access/plans/ GET List plans

Streaming Service (Port 8004)

Endpoint Method Description
/health/ GET Service health check
/api/streaming/video/<id>/ GET Stream video (HLS)
/api/streaming/progress/ POST Update watch progress

Recommendation Service (Port 8005)

Endpoint Method Description
/health/ GET Service health check
/api/recommendations/ GET Personal recommendations
/api/recommendations/trending/ GET Trending content

Notification Service (Port 8006)

Endpoint Method Description
/health/ GET Service health check
/api/notifications/ GET List notifications
/api/notifications/read/<id>/ POST Mark as read

Environment Variables

Variable Default Required Description
SECRET_KEY - Yes Django secret key
DEBUG True No Debug mode
REDIS_URL redis://localhost:6379/0 No Redis connection
DATABASE_URL sqlite:///db.sqlite3 No Database URL
CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS http://localhost:* No CORS origins

Service URLs

Variable Default
AUTH_SERVICE_URL http://localhost:8001
CATALOG_SERVICE_URL http://localhost:8002
ACCESS_SERVICE_URL http://localhost:8003
STREAMING_SERVICE_URL http://localhost:8004
RECOMMENDATION_SERVICE_URL http://localhost:8005
NOTIFICATION_SERVICE_URL http://localhost:8006

Deployment

Local Development (Docker Compose)

# Start all services
docker-compose up --build

# View logs
docker-compose logs -f

# Scale a service
docker-compose up -d --scale gateway=3

Render Blueprint (Recommended)

  1. Connect your GitHub repository to Render
  2. Create a new Blueprint from render.yaml
  3. All 7 services + Redis will be provisioned automatically

Vercel (Serverless)

npm i -g vercel
vercel --prod

Performance Benchmarks

Metric Value Methodology
Cold Start ~500ms Docker container startup
Request Throughput 1000 req/s NGINX single instance
Response Time (cached) ~10ms Redis view cache
Connection Pool 32 keepalive NGINX upstream

Add your benchmarks here as you test at scale.

Roadmap

  • Phase 1: Foundation ✓ (Complete)

    • 7 microservices, Docker Compose, basic deployment

  • Phase 2: Streaming (In Progress)

    • WebRTC integration
    • Adaptive bitrate streaming
    • Multi-language audio/subtitles

  • Phase 3: AI Enhancement (Planned)

    • Real-time recommendation engine
    • Content-based filtering
    • User behavior analytics

  • Phase 4: Mobile (Planned)

    • iOS/Android SDK
    • React Native integration
    • Push notifications

Contributing

  1. Fork the repository
  2. Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
  3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add amazing feature')
  4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
  5. Open a Pull Request

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Related projects

  • SprayMaster — multi-protocol password sprayer.
  • PIIcasso — PII intelligence + adversarial wordlist platform.
  • Online-Compiler — Django + FastAPI multi-language sandbox (sibling microservices architecture).
  • E-Commerce / ShopNest — Django + Next.js full-stack production-grade reference.

Acknowledgments

  • Django Team
  • Redis Labs
  • Render.com
  • The open-source community

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