In the backend, we will add a DELETE route that allows an authorized user to delete their uploaded media records.
mern-mediastream/server/routes/media.routes.js:
router.route('/api/media/:mediaId') .delete(authCtrl.requireSignin, mediaCtrl.isPoster, mediaCtrl.remove)
When the server receives a DELETE request at '/api/media/:mediaId', it will first make sure the signed-in user is the original poster of the media that needs to be deleted. Then the remove controller method will delete the specified media details from the database.
mern-mediastream/server/controllers/media.controller.js:
const remove = (req, res, next) => { let media = req.media media.remove((err, deletedMedia) => { if (err) { return res.status(400).json({ ...