Entities and Attributes of Video Streaming Service
1. Videos: Represents the overall details of videos
- video_id(primary key): Unique identifier of each video.
- video_desc: Contains the description of each video.
- video_title: Contains the title of each video.
- video_duration: Contains the total video duration of the video.
- video_release: Store the release date of the video.
- video_genre: Store the genre of the video.
2. Users: Represents the details of customers/users
- user_id(primary key): Unique identifier of each user.
- user_age: Contains the age of each user so that the streaming platform don’t allow any age restricted video.
- user_name: Contains the username of each user.
- user_email: Store the user’s email id.
- user_password: Store the password in hashed format.
- user_subscription: Store the subscription level to ensure some premium functionality.
- user_watch_hours: Store user’s watch hours.
3. Interaction: Represents the details of interaction between user and the video platform
- interaction_id(primary key): uniquely identify interactions.
- user_id(foreign key): unique identifier of each user.
- video_id(foreign key): unique identifier of each video.
- like: store the count of likes in the video.
- comments: store the count and details of comments for the video.
4. Subscription: Stores the data related subscription
- subscription_id(primary key): unique identifier of subscription levels.
- user_id(foreign key): unique identifier of each user.
- plan: store the information of subscription plans.
- start_date: store the information of start date of the subscription plan.
- end_date: store the information of end date of the subscription plan.
- payment_info: store the information of payment information for the subscription plan.
- Payment: Stores the data related payments on the platform
- payment_id(primary key): unique identifier of payments.
- user_id(foreign key): unique identifier of each user.
- amount: stores the amount of the payment.
5. Playback History: Stores the data for playback history
- history_id(primary key): unique identifier of playback history.
- user_id(foreign key): unique identifier of each user.
- video_id(foreign key): unique identifier of each video.
- playback_date: stores the date of playback.
6. Genre: Stores the data for for video genre
- genre_id(primary key): unique identifier of each genre of videos.
- genre_name: contains name of each genre.
How to Design a Database for Video Streaming Service
Designing a relational database for a video streaming service requires careful consideration of various factors to ensure efficient data management and optimal user experience. From managing user accounts and preferences to handling large libraries of multimedia content, the database design plays an important role in the fast operation of the streaming platform.
This article will explore the key principles and best practices for designing a relational database tailored to the needs of a video streaming service, covering aspects such as data modeling, scalability, and performance optimization by understanding the entities, attributes and relationships between them.