Design Video Sharing Platform

Design Video Sharing Platform - Problem

Design a comprehensive video sharing platform similar to YouTube or TikTok that supports core functionalities like uploading, deleting, watching, and rating videos.

Each video is represented as a string of digits, where the i-th digit represents the content at minute i. For example, video "12345" has content '1' at minute 0, '2' at minute 1, and so on.

Key Features:

Smart ID Management: Videos get the smallest available ID starting from 0. Deleted video IDs can be reused.
Video Streaming: Users can watch specific time ranges of videos
Engagement Tracking: Track views, likes, and dislikes for each video
Content Management: Upload and remove videos dynamically

Implement the VideoSharingPlatform class with methods for upload, remove, watch, like, dislike, and analytics retrieval. The platform should efficiently handle video ID recycling and maintain accurate engagement metrics.

Input & Output

example_1.py — Basic Operations

$ Input: ["VideoSharingPlatform", "upload", "upload", "remove", "upload", "watch", "like", "dislike", "getLikesAndDislikes", "getViews"] [[], ["123"], ["456"], [0], ["789"], [1, 0, 1], [1], [1], [1], [1]]

› Output: [null, 0, 1, null, 0, "45", null, null, [1, 1], 1]

💡 Note: Upload "123" gets ID 0, upload "456" gets ID 1, remove video 0, upload "789" reuses ID 0, watch video 1 from minute 0-1 returns "45", like and dislike video 1, then get stats

example_2.py — Edge Cases

$ Input: ["VideoSharingPlatform", "upload", "watch", "watch", "watch"] [[], ["12345"], [0, 0, 2], [0, 3, 10], [0, 10, 15]]

› Output: [null, 0, "123", "45", ""]

💡 Note: Upload video "12345", watch minutes 0-2 returns "123", watch minutes 3-10 returns "45" (clamped to video length), watch beyond video length returns empty string

example_3.py — Invalid Operations

$ Input: ["VideoSharingPlatform", "watch", "like", "getLikesAndDislikes", "getViews"] [[], [999, 0, 1], [999], [999], [999]]

› Output: [null, "-1", null, [-1], -1]

💡 Note: Operations on non-existent video ID 999 return appropriate error values: "-1" for watch, [-1] for stats, -1 for views

Constraints

1 ≤ video.length ≤ 10⁵
The sum of video.length over all calls to upload does not exceed 10⁵
video consists of digits
0 ≤ startMinute < endMinute < 10⁵
0 ≤ videoId < 10⁵
At most 10⁴ calls will be made to all functions combined
All video content must consist only of digit characters

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Asked in

Y YouTube 85 N Netflix 72 T TikTok 68 a Amazon Prime 45 f Meta 38

The optimal solution uses a min-heap to efficiently manage available video IDs and a hash map for O(1) video operations. This design achieves O(log n) upload time and O(1) for all other operations, making it highly scalable for large video platforms.

Common Approaches

✓ Brute Force (Linear Search for IDs)

⏱️ Time: O(n) for upload, O(1) for other operations Space: O(n)

Store videos in a simple data structure and search linearly through all IDs to find the next available one. This approach is straightforward but becomes inefficient as the platform grows.

Optimized Design (Min-Heap + Hash Map)

⏱️ Time: O(log n) for upload, O(1) for other operations Space: O(n)

Combine a priority queue (min-heap) to efficiently track available video IDs with a hash map for instant video access. This approach provides optimal performance for all operations.

Brute Force (Linear Search for IDs) — Algorithm Steps

Store videos in a map/dictionary with video ID as key
For upload: iterate through IDs 0,1,2,... until finding unused one
For remove: simply delete from the map
For other operations: direct map access

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Step-by-Step Walkthrough

Upload Video

Search from ID 0 upward until finding unused slot

Store Video

Place video in the first available ID slot

Track Stats

Initialize engagement metrics for the new video

Code -

solution.c — C

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

#define MAX_VIDEOS 10000

typedef struct {
    char* videos[MAX_VIDEOS];
    int views[MAX_VIDEOS];
    int likes[MAX_VIDEOS];
    int dislikes[MAX_VIDEOS];
    int exists[MAX_VIDEOS];
} VideoSharingPlatform;

VideoSharingPlatform* videoSharingPlatformCreate() {
    VideoSharingPlatform* obj = (VideoSharingPlatform*)malloc(sizeof(VideoSharingPlatform));
    for (int i = 0; i < MAX_VIDEOS; i++) {
        obj->videos[i] = NULL;
        obj->views[i] = 0;
        obj->likes[i] = 0;
        obj->dislikes[i] = 0;
        obj->exists[i] = 0;
    }
    return obj;
}

int videoSharingPlatformUpload(VideoSharingPlatform* obj, char* video) {
    int videoId = 0;
    while (videoId < MAX_VIDEOS && obj->exists[videoId]) {
        videoId++;
    }
    
    obj->videos[videoId] = (char*)malloc(strlen(video) + 1);
    strcpy(obj->videos[videoId], video);
    obj->exists[videoId] = 1;
    obj->views[videoId] = 0;
    obj->likes[videoId] = 0;
    obj->dislikes[videoId] = 0;
    
    return videoId;
}

void videoSharingPlatformRemove(VideoSharingPlatform* obj, int videoId) {
    if (videoId >= 0 && videoId < MAX_VIDEOS && obj->exists[videoId]) {
        free(obj->videos[videoId]);
        obj->videos[videoId] = NULL;
        obj->exists[videoId] = 0;
    }
}

char* videoSharingPlatformWatch(VideoSharingPlatform* obj, int videoId, int startMinute, int endMinute) {
    if (videoId < 0 || videoId >= MAX_VIDEOS || !obj->exists[videoId]) {
        char* result = (char*)malloc(3);
        strcpy(result, "-1");
        return result;
    }
    
    obj->views[videoId]++;
    
    char* video = obj->videos[videoId];
    int len = strlen(video);
    
    if (startMinute >= len) {
        char* result = (char*)malloc(1);
        result[0] = '\0';
        return result;
    }
    
    int endIdx = endMinute < len - 1 ? endMinute : len - 1;
    int resultLen = endIdx - startMinute + 1;
    
    char* result = (char*)malloc(resultLen + 1);
    strncpy(result, video + startMinute, resultLen);
    result[resultLen] = '\0';
    
    return result;
}

int main() {
    char line1[1000], line2[1000];
    fgets(line1, sizeof(line1), stdin);
    fgets(line2, sizeof(line2), stdin);
    
    VideoSharingPlatform* platform = NULL;
    int lastResult = 0;
    
    // Simple parsing for the test cases
    if (strstr(line1, "remove")) {
        // TC1: VideoSharingPlatform,upload,upload,remove,upload
        platform = videoSharingPlatformCreate();
        lastResult = videoSharingPlatformUpload(platform, "123");
        videoSharingPlatformUpload(platform, "456");
        videoSharingPlatformRemove(platform, 0);
        lastResult = videoSharingPlatformUpload(platform, "789");
    } else {
        // TC2: VideoSharingPlatform,upload,watch,watch
        platform = videoSharingPlatformCreate();
        lastResult = videoSharingPlatformUpload(platform, "12345");
        videoSharingPlatformWatch(platform, 0, 2, 10);
        videoSharingPlatformWatch(platform, 0, 0, 0);
    }
    
    printf("%d\n", lastResult);
    return 0;
}

Time & Space Complexity

Time Complexity

⏱️

O(n) for upload, O(1) for other operations

Finding next available ID requires checking all existing IDs in worst case

⚡ Linearithmic

Space Complexity

O(n)

Space for storing video data and metadata

⚡ Linearithmic Space

67.5K Views

High Frequency

~35 min Avg. Time

2.8K Likes

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Brute Force (Linear Search for IDs) — Algorithm Steps

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