29 files changed, 546 insertions, 111 deletions

diff --git a/server/controllers/activitypub/client.ts b/server/controllers/activitypub/client.ts
index 6229c44aa..433186179 100644
--- a/server/controllers/activitypub/client.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/activitypub/client.ts
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ import {
   localVideoChannelValidator,
   videosCustomGetValidator
 } from '../../middlewares'
-import { videosGetValidator, videosShareValidator } from '../../middlewares/validators'
-import { videoCommentGetValidator } from '../../middlewares/validators/video-comments'
+import { videoCommentGetValidator, videosGetValidator, videosShareValidator } from '../../middlewares/validators'
 import { AccountModel } from '../../models/account/account'
 import { ActorModel } from '../../models/activitypub/actor'
 import { ActorFollowModel } from '../../models/activitypub/actor-follow'
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/search.ts b/server/controllers/api/search.ts
index fd4db7a54..4be2b5ef7 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/search.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/search.ts
@@ -117,7 +117,8 @@ function searchVideos (req: express.Request, res: express.Response) {
 async function searchVideosDB (query: VideosSearchQuery, res: express.Response) {
   const options = Object.assign(query, {
     includeLocalVideos: true,
-    nsfw: buildNSFWFilter(res, query.nsfw)
+    nsfw: buildNSFWFilter(res, query.nsfw),
+    userId: res.locals.oauth ? res.locals.oauth.token.User.id : undefined
   })
   const resultList = await VideoModel.searchAndPopulateAccountAndServer(options)
 
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/videos/captions.ts b/server/controllers/api/videos/captions.ts
index 4cf8de1ef..3ba918189 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/videos/captions.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/videos/captions.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 import * as express from 'express'
 import { asyncMiddleware, asyncRetryTransactionMiddleware, authenticate } from '../../../middlewares'
-import {
-  addVideoCaptionValidator,
-  deleteVideoCaptionValidator,
-  listVideoCaptionsValidator
-} from '../../../middlewares/validators/video-captions'
+import { addVideoCaptionValidator, deleteVideoCaptionValidator, listVideoCaptionsValidator } from '../../../middlewares/validators'
 import { createReqFiles } from '../../../helpers/express-utils'
 import { CONFIG, sequelizeTypescript, VIDEO_CAPTIONS_MIMETYPE_EXT } from '../../../initializers'
 import { getFormattedObjects } from '../../../helpers/utils'
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/videos/comment.ts b/server/controllers/api/videos/comment.ts
index dc25e1e85..4f2b4faee 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/videos/comment.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/videos/comment.ts
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@ import {
   setDefaultPagination,
   setDefaultSort
 } from '../../../middlewares'
-import { videoCommentThreadsSortValidator } from '../../../middlewares/validators'
 import {
   addVideoCommentReplyValidator,
   addVideoCommentThreadValidator,
   listVideoCommentThreadsValidator,
   listVideoThreadCommentsValidator,
-  removeVideoCommentValidator
-} from '../../../middlewares/validators/video-comments'
+  removeVideoCommentValidator,
+  videoCommentThreadsSortValidator
+} from '../../../middlewares/validators'
 import { VideoModel } from '../../../models/video/video'
 import { VideoCommentModel } from '../../../models/video/video-comment'
 import { auditLoggerFactory, CommentAuditView, getAuditIdFromRes } from '../../../helpers/audit-logger'
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/videos/index.ts b/server/controllers/api/videos/index.ts
index 15ef8d458..6a73e13d0 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/videos/index.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/videos/index.ts
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ import { videoCaptionsRouter } from './captions'
 import { videoImportsRouter } from './import'
 import { resetSequelizeInstance } from '../../../helpers/database-utils'
 import { rename } from 'fs-extra'
+import { watchingRouter } from './watching'
 
 const auditLogger = auditLoggerFactory('videos')
 const videosRouter = express.Router()
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ videosRouter.use('/', videoCommentRouter)
 videosRouter.use('/', videoCaptionsRouter)
 videosRouter.use('/', videoImportsRouter)
 videosRouter.use('/', ownershipVideoRouter)
+videosRouter.use('/', watchingRouter)
 
 videosRouter.get('/categories', listVideoCategories)
 videosRouter.get('/licences', listVideoLicences)
@@ -119,6 +121,7 @@ videosRouter.get('/:id/description',
   asyncMiddleware(getVideoDescription)
 )
 videosRouter.get('/:id',
+  optionalAuthenticate,
   asyncMiddleware(videosGetValidator),
   getVideo
 )
@@ -433,7 +436,8 @@ async function listVideos (req: express.Request, res: express.Response, next: ex
     tagsAllOf: req.query.tagsAllOf,
     nsfw: buildNSFWFilter(res, req.query.nsfw),
     filter: req.query.filter as VideoFilter,
-    withFiles: false
+    withFiles: false,
+    userId: res.locals.oauth ? res.locals.oauth.token.User.id : undefined
   })
 
   return res.json(getFormattedObjects(resultList.data, resultList.total))
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/videos/watching.ts b/server/controllers/api/videos/watching.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e8876b47a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/controllers/api/videos/watching.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import * as express from 'express'
+import { UserWatchingVideo } from '../../../../shared'
+import { asyncMiddleware, asyncRetryTransactionMiddleware, authenticate, videoWatchingValidator } from '../../../middlewares'
+import { UserVideoHistoryModel } from '../../../models/account/user-video-history'
+import { UserModel } from '../../../models/account/user'
+
+const watchingRouter = express.Router()
+
+watchingRouter.put('/:videoId/watching',
+  authenticate,
+  asyncMiddleware(videoWatchingValidator),
+  asyncRetryTransactionMiddleware(userWatchVideo)
+)
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+export {
+  watchingRouter
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+async function userWatchVideo (req: express.Request, res: express.Response) {
+  const user = res.locals.oauth.token.User as UserModel
+
+  const body: UserWatchingVideo = req.body
+  const { id: videoId } = res.locals.video as { id: number }
+
+  await UserVideoHistoryModel.upsert({
+    videoId,
+    userId: user.id,
+    currentTime: body.currentTime
+  })
+
+  return res.type('json').status(204).end()
+}
diff --git a/server/helpers/custom-validators/videos.ts b/server/helpers/custom-validators/videos.ts
index 9875c68bd..714f7ac95 100644
--- a/server/helpers/custom-validators/videos.ts
+++ b/server/helpers/custom-validators/videos.ts
@@ -154,7 +154,9 @@ function checkUserCanManageVideo (user: UserModel, video: VideoModel, right: Use
 }
 
 async function isVideoExist (id: string, res: Response, fetchType: VideoFetchType = 'all') {
-  const video = await fetchVideo(id, fetchType)
+  const userId = res.locals.oauth ? res.locals.oauth.token.User.id : undefined
+
+  const video = await fetchVideo(id, fetchType, userId)
 
   if (video === null) {
     res.status(404)
diff --git a/server/helpers/video.ts b/server/helpers/video.ts
index b1577a6b0..1bd21467d 100644
--- a/server/helpers/video.ts
+++ b/server/helpers/video.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ import { VideoModel } from '../models/video/video'
 
 type VideoFetchType = 'all' | 'only-video' | 'id' | 'none'
 
-function fetchVideo (id: number | string, fetchType: VideoFetchType) {
-  if (fetchType === 'all') return VideoModel.loadAndPopulateAccountAndServerAndTags(id)
+function fetchVideo (id: number | string, fetchType: VideoFetchType, userId?: number) {
+  if (fetchType === 'all') return VideoModel.loadAndPopulateAccountAndServerAndTags(id, undefined, userId)
 
   if (fetchType === 'only-video') return VideoModel.load(id)
 
diff --git a/server/initializers/database.ts b/server/initializers/database.ts
index 4d57bf8aa..482c03b31 100644
--- a/server/initializers/database.ts
+++ b/server/initializers/database.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import { VideoImportModel } from '../models/video/video-import'
 import { VideoViewModel } from '../models/video/video-views'
 import { VideoChangeOwnershipModel } from '../models/video/video-change-ownership'
 import { VideoRedundancyModel } from '../models/redundancy/video-redundancy'
+import { UserVideoHistoryModel } from '../models/account/user-video-history'
 
 require('pg').defaults.parseInt8 = true // Avoid BIGINT to be converted to string
 
@@ -89,7 +90,8 @@ async function initDatabaseModels (silent: boolean) {
     ScheduleVideoUpdateModel,
     VideoImportModel,
     VideoViewModel,
-    VideoRedundancyModel
+    VideoRedundancyModel,
+    UserVideoHistoryModel
   ])
 
   // Check extensions exist in the database
diff --git a/server/lib/redis.ts b/server/lib/redis.ts
index e4e435659..abd75d512 100644
--- a/server/lib/redis.ts
+++ b/server/lib/redis.ts
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ class Redis {
     )
   }
 
+  /************* Forgot password *************/
+
   async setResetPasswordVerificationString (userId: number) {
     const generatedString = await generateRandomString(32)
 
@@ -60,6 +62,8 @@ class Redis {
     return this.getValue(this.generateResetPasswordKey(userId))
   }
 
+  /************* Email verification *************/
+
   async setVerifyEmailVerificationString (userId: number) {
     const generatedString = await generateRandomString(32)
 
@@ -72,16 +76,20 @@ class Redis {
     return this.getValue(this.generateVerifyEmailKey(userId))
   }
 
+  /************* Views per IP *************/
+
   setIPVideoView (ip: string, videoUUID: string) {
-    return this.setValue(this.buildViewKey(ip, videoUUID), '1', VIDEO_VIEW_LIFETIME)
+    return this.setValue(this.generateViewKey(ip, videoUUID), '1', VIDEO_VIEW_LIFETIME)
   }
 
   async isVideoIPViewExists (ip: string, videoUUID: string) {
-    return this.exists(this.buildViewKey(ip, videoUUID))
+    return this.exists(this.generateViewKey(ip, videoUUID))
   }
 
+  /************* API cache *************/
+
   async getCachedRoute (req: express.Request) {
-    const cached = await this.getObject(this.buildCachedRouteKey(req))
+    const cached = await this.getObject(this.generateCachedRouteKey(req))
 
     return cached as CachedRoute
   }
@@ -94,9 +102,11 @@ class Redis {
     (statusCode) ? { statusCode: statusCode.toString() } : null
     )
 
-    return this.setObject(this.buildCachedRouteKey(req), cached, lifetime)
+    return this.setObject(this.generateCachedRouteKey(req), cached, lifetime)
   }
 
+  /************* Video views *************/
+
   addVideoView (videoId: number) {
     const keyIncr = this.generateVideoViewKey(videoId)
     const keySet = this.generateVideosViewKey()
@@ -131,33 +141,37 @@ class Redis {
     ])
   }
 
-  generateVideosViewKey (hour?: number) {
+  /************* Keys generation *************/
+
+  generateCachedRouteKey (req: express.Request) {
+    return req.method + '-' + req.originalUrl
+  }
+
+  private generateVideosViewKey (hour?: number) {
     if (!hour) hour = new Date().getHours()
 
     return `videos-view-h${hour}`
   }
 
-  generateVideoViewKey (videoId: number, hour?: number) {
+  private generateVideoViewKey (videoId: number, hour?: number) {
     if (!hour) hour = new Date().getHours()
 
     return `video-view-${videoId}-h${hour}`
   }
 
-  generateResetPasswordKey (userId: number) {
+  private generateResetPasswordKey (userId: number) {
     return 'reset-password-' + userId
   }
 
-  generateVerifyEmailKey (userId: number) {
+  private generateVerifyEmailKey (userId: number) {
     return 'verify-email-' + userId
   }
 
-  buildViewKey (ip: string, videoUUID: string) {
+  private generateViewKey (ip: string, videoUUID: string) {
     return videoUUID + '-' + ip
   }
 
-  buildCachedRouteKey (req: express.Request) {
-    return req.method + '-' + req.originalUrl
-  }
+  /************* Redis helpers *************/
 
   private getValue (key: string) {
     return new Promise<string>((res, rej) => {
@@ -197,6 +211,12 @@ class Redis {
     })
   }
 
+  private deleteFieldInHash (key: string, field: string) {
+    return new Promise<void>((res, rej) => {
+      this.client.hdel(this.prefix + key, field, err => err ? rej(err) : res())
+    })
+  }
+
   private setValue (key: string, value: string, expirationMilliseconds: number) {
     return new Promise<void>((res, rej) => {
       this.client.set(this.prefix + key, value, 'PX', expirationMilliseconds, (err, ok) => {
@@ -235,6 +255,16 @@ class Redis {
     })
   }
 
+  private setValueInHash (key: string, field: string, value: string) {
+    return new Promise<void>((res, rej) => {
+      this.client.hset(this.prefix + key, field, value, (err) => {
+        if (err) return rej(err)
+
+        return res()
+      })
+    })
+  }
+
   private increment (key: string) {
     return new Promise<number>((res, rej) => {
       this.client.incr(this.prefix + key, (err, value) => {
diff --git a/server/middlewares/cache.ts b/server/middlewares/cache.ts
index 1b44957d3..1e00fc731 100644
--- a/server/middlewares/cache.ts
+++ b/server/middlewares/cache.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const lock = new AsyncLock({ timeout: 5000 })
 
 function cacheRoute (lifetimeArg: string | number) {
   return async function (req: express.Request, res: express.Response, next: express.NextFunction) {
-    const redisKey = Redis.Instance.buildCachedRouteKey(req)
+    const redisKey = Redis.Instance.generateCachedRouteKey(req)
 
     try {
       await lock.acquire(redisKey, async (done) => {
diff --git a/server/middlewares/validators/index.ts b/server/middlewares/validators/index.ts
index 940547a3e..17226614c 100644
--- a/server/middlewares/validators/index.ts
+++ b/server/middlewares/validators/index.ts
@@ -8,9 +8,5 @@ export * from './sort'
 export * from './users'
 export * from './user-subscriptions'
 export * from './videos'
-export * from './video-abuses'
-export * from './video-blacklist'
-export * from './video-channels'
 export * from './webfinger'
 export * from './search'
-export * from './video-imports'
diff --git a/server/middlewares/validators/videos/index.ts b/server/middlewares/validators/videos/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..294783d85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/middlewares/validators/videos/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+export * from './video-abuses'
+export * from './video-blacklist'
+export * from './video-captions'
+export * from './video-channels'
+export * from './video-comments'
+export * from './video-imports'
+export * from './video-watch'
+export * from './videos'
diff --git a/server/middlewares/validators/video-abuses.ts b/server/middlewares/validators/videos/video-abuses.ts
index f15d55a75..be26ca16a 100644
--- a/server/middlewares/validators/video-abuses.ts
+++ b/server/middlewares/validators/videos/video-abuses.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 import * as express from 'express'
 import 'express-validator'
 import { body, param } from 'express-validator/check'
-import { isIdOrUUIDValid, isIdValid } from '../../helpers/custom-validators/misc'
-import { isVideoExist } from '../../helpers/custom-validators/videos'
-import { logger } from '../../helpers/logger'
-import { areValidationErrors } from './utils'
+import { isIdOrUUIDValid, isIdValid } from '../../../helpers/custom-validators/misc'
+import { isVideoExist } from '../../../helpers/custom-validators/videos'
+import { logger } from '../../../helpers/logger'
+import { areValidationErrors } from '../utils'
 import {
   isVideoAbuseExist,
   isVideoAbuseModerationCommentValid,
   isVideoAbuseReasonValid,
   isVideoAbuseStateValid
-} from '../../helpers/custom-validators/video-abuses'
+} from '../../../helpers/custom-validators/video-abuses'
 
 const videoAbuseReportValidator = [
   param('videoId').custom(isIdOrUUIDValid).not().isEmpty().withMessage('Should have a valid videoId'),
diff --git a/server/middlewares/validators/video-blacklist.ts b/server/middlewares/validators/videos/video-blacklist.ts
index 95a2b9f17..13da7acff 100644
--- a/server/middlewares/validators/video-blacklist.ts
+++ b/server/middlewares/validators/videos/video-blacklist.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import * as express from 'express'
 import { body, param } from 'express-validator/check'
-import { isIdOrUUIDValid } from '../../helpers/custom-validators/misc'
-import { isVideoExist } from '../../helpers/custom-validators/videos'
-import { logger } from '../../helpers/logger'
-import { areValidationErrors } from './utils'
-import { isVideoBlacklistExist, isVideoBlacklistReasonValid } from '../../helpers/custom-validators/video-blacklist'
+import { isIdOrUUIDValid } from '../../../helpers/custom-validators/misc'
+import { isVideoExist } from '../../../helpers/custom-validators/videos'
+import { logger } from '../../../helpers/logger'
+import { areValidationErrors } from '../utils'
+import { isVideoBlacklistExist, isVideoBlacklistReasonValid } from '../../../helpers/custom-validators/video-blacklist'
 
 const videosBlacklistRemoveValidator = [
   param('videoId').custom(isIdOrUUIDValid).not().isEmpty().withMessage('Should have a valid videoId'),
diff --git a/server/middlewares/validators/video-captions.ts b/server/middlewares/validators/videos/video-captions.ts
index 51ffd7f3c..63d84fbec 100644
--- a/server/middlewares/validators/video-captions.ts
+++ b/server/middlewares/validators/videos/video-captions.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 import * as express from 'express'
-import { areValidationErrors } from './utils'
-import { checkUserCanManageVideo, isVideoExist } from '../../helpers/custom-validators/videos'
-import { isIdOrUUIDValid } from '../../helpers/custom-validators/misc'
+import { areValidationErrors } from '../utils'
+import { checkUserCanManageVideo, isVideoExist } from '../../../helpers/custom-validators/videos'
+import { isIdOrUUIDValid } from '../../../helpers/custom-validators/misc'
 import { body, param } from 'express-validator/check'
-import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS } from '../../initializers'
-import { UserRight } from '../../../shared'
-import { logger } from '../../helpers/logger'
-import { isVideoCaptionExist, isVideoCaptionFile, isVideoCaptionLanguageValid } from '../../helpers/custom-validators/video-captions'
-import { cleanUpReqFiles } from '../../helpers/express-utils'
+import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS } from '../../../initializers'
+import { UserRight } from '../../../../shared'
+import { logger } from '../../../helpers/logger'
+import { isVideoCaptionExist, isVideoCaptionFile, isVideoCaptionLanguageValid } from '../../../helpers/custom-validators/video-captions'
+import { cleanUpReqFiles } from '../../../helpers/express-utils'
 
 const addVideoCaptionValidator = [
   param('videoId').custom(isIdOrUUIDValid).not().isEmpty().withMessage('Should have a valid video id'),
diff --git a/server/middlewares/validators/video-channels.ts b/server/middlewares/validators/videos/video-channels.ts
index 56a347b39..f039794e0 100644
--- a/server/middlewares/validators/video-channels.ts
+++ b/server/middlewares/validators/videos/video-channels.ts
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 import * as express from 'express'
 import { body, param } from 'express-validator/check'
-import { UserRight } from '../../../shared'
-import { isAccountNameWithHostExist } from '../../helpers/custom-validators/accounts'
+import { UserRight } from '../../../../shared'
+import { isAccountNameWithHostExist } from '../../../helpers/custom-validators/accounts'
 import {
   isLocalVideoChannelNameExist,
   isVideoChannelDescriptionValid,
   isVideoChannelNameValid,
   isVideoChannelNameWithHostExist,
   isVideoChannelSupportValid
-} from '../../helpers/custom-validators/video-channels'
-import { logger } from '../../helpers/logger'
-import { UserModel } from '../../models/account/user'
-import { VideoChannelModel } from '../../models/video/video-channel'
-import { areValidationErrors } from './utils'
-import { isActorPreferredUsernameValid } from '../../helpers/custom-validators/activitypub/actor'
-import { ActorModel } from '../../models/activitypub/actor'
+} from '../../../helpers/custom-validators/video-channels'
+import { logger } from '../../../helpers/logger'
+import { UserModel } from '../../../models/account/user'
+import { VideoChannelModel } from '../../../models/video/video-channel'
+import { areValidationErrors } from '../utils'
+import { isActorPreferredUsernameValid } from '../../../helpers/custom-validators/activitypub/actor'
+import { ActorModel } from '../../../models/activitypub/actor'
 
 const listVideoAccountChannelsValidator = [
   param('accountName').exists().withMessage('Should have a valid account name'),
diff --git a/server/middlewares/validators/video-comments.ts b/server/middlewares/validators/videos/video-comments.ts
index 693852499..348d33082 100644
--- a/server/middlewares/validators/video-comments.ts
+++ b/server/middlewares/validators/videos/video-comments.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 import * as express from 'express'
 import { body, param } from 'express-validator/check'
-import { UserRight } from '../../../shared'
-import { isIdOrUUIDValid, isIdValid } from '../../helpers/custom-validators/misc'
-import { isValidVideoCommentText } from '../../helpers/custom-validators/video-comments'
-import { isVideoExist } from '../../helpers/custom-validators/videos'
-import { logger } from '../../helpers/logger'
-import { UserModel } from '../../models/account/user'
-import { VideoModel } from '../../models/video/video'
-import { VideoCommentModel } from '../../models/video/video-comment'
-import { areValidationErrors } from './utils'
+import { UserRight } from '../../../../shared'
+import { isIdOrUUIDValid, isIdValid } from '../../../helpers/custom-validators/misc'
+import { isValidVideoCommentText } from '../../../helpers/custom-validators/video-comments'
+import { isVideoExist } from '../../../helpers/custom-validators/videos'
+import { logger } from '../../../helpers/logger'
+import { UserModel } from '../../../models/account/user'
+import { VideoModel } from '../../../models/video/video'
+import { VideoCommentModel } from '../../../models/video/video-comment'
+import { areValidationErrors } from '../utils'
 
 const listVideoCommentThreadsValidator = [
   param('videoId').custom(isIdOrUUIDValid).not().isEmpty().withMessage('Should have a valid videoId'),
diff --git a/server/middlewares/validators/video-imports.ts b/server/middlewares/validators/videos/video-imports.ts
index b2063b8da..48d20f904 100644
--- a/server/middlewares/validators/video-imports.ts
+++ b/server/middlewares/validators/videos/video-imports.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 import * as express from 'express'
 import { body } from 'express-validator/check'
-import { isIdValid } from '../../helpers/custom-validators/misc'
-import { logger } from '../../helpers/logger'
-import { areValidationErrors } from './utils'
+import { isIdValid } from '../../../helpers/custom-validators/misc'
+import { logger } from '../../../helpers/logger'
+import { areValidationErrors } from '../utils'
 import { getCommonVideoAttributes } from './videos'
-import { isVideoImportTargetUrlValid, isVideoImportTorrentFile } from '../../helpers/custom-validators/video-imports'
-import { cleanUpReqFiles } from '../../helpers/express-utils'
-import { isVideoChannelOfAccountExist, isVideoMagnetUriValid, isVideoNameValid } from '../../helpers/custom-validators/videos'
-import { CONFIG } from '../../initializers/constants'
-import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS } from '../../initializers'
+import { isVideoImportTargetUrlValid, isVideoImportTorrentFile } from '../../../helpers/custom-validators/video-imports'
+import { cleanUpReqFiles } from '../../../helpers/express-utils'
+import { isVideoChannelOfAccountExist, isVideoMagnetUriValid, isVideoNameValid } from '../../../helpers/custom-validators/videos'
+import { CONFIG } from '../../../initializers/constants'
+import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS } from '../../../initializers'
 
 const videoImportAddValidator = getCommonVideoAttributes().concat([
   body('channelId')
diff --git a/server/middlewares/validators/videos/video-watch.ts b/server/middlewares/validators/videos/video-watch.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bca64662f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/middlewares/validators/videos/video-watch.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import { body, param } from 'express-validator/check'
+import * as express from 'express'
+import { isIdOrUUIDValid } from '../../../helpers/custom-validators/misc'
+import { isVideoExist } from '../../../helpers/custom-validators/videos'
+import { areValidationErrors } from '../utils'
+import { logger } from '../../../helpers/logger'
+
+const videoWatchingValidator = [
+  param('videoId').custom(isIdOrUUIDValid).not().isEmpty().withMessage('Should have a valid id'),
+  body('currentTime')
+    .toInt()
+    .isInt().withMessage('Should have correct current time'),
+
+  async (req: express.Request, res: express.Response, next: express.NextFunction) => {
+    logger.debug('Checking videoWatching parameters', { parameters: req.body })
+
+    if (areValidationErrors(req, res)) return
+    if (!await isVideoExist(req.params.videoId, res, 'id')) return
+
+    return next()
+  }
+]
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+export {
+  videoWatchingValidator
+}
diff --git a/server/middlewares/validators/videos.ts b/server/middlewares/validators/videos/videos.ts
index 67eabe468..d6b8aa725 100644
--- a/server/middlewares/validators/videos.ts
+++ b/server/middlewares/validators/videos/videos.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import * as express from 'express'
 import 'express-validator'
 import { body, param, ValidationChain } from 'express-validator/check'
-import { UserRight, VideoChangeOwnershipStatus, VideoPrivacy } from '../../../shared'
+import { UserRight, VideoChangeOwnershipStatus, VideoPrivacy } from '../../../../shared'
 import {
   isBooleanValid,
   isDateValid,
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {
   isUUIDValid,
   toIntOrNull,
   toValueOrNull
-} from '../../helpers/custom-validators/misc'
+} from '../../../helpers/custom-validators/misc'
 import {
   checkUserCanManageVideo,
   isScheduleVideoUpdatePrivacyValid,
@@ -27,21 +27,21 @@ import {
   isVideoRatingTypeValid,
   isVideoSupportValid,
   isVideoTagsValid
-} from '../../helpers/custom-validators/videos'
-import { getDurationFromVideoFile } from '../../helpers/ffmpeg-utils'
-import { logger } from '../../helpers/logger'
-import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS } from '../../initializers'
-import { VideoShareModel } from '../../models/video/video-share'
-import { authenticate } from '../oauth'
-import { areValidationErrors } from './utils'
-import { cleanUpReqFiles } from '../../helpers/express-utils'
-import { VideoModel } from '../../models/video/video'
-import { UserModel } from '../../models/account/user'
-import { checkUserCanTerminateOwnershipChange, doesChangeVideoOwnershipExist } from '../../helpers/custom-validators/video-ownership'
-import { VideoChangeOwnershipAccept } from '../../../shared/models/videos/video-change-ownership-accept.model'
-import { VideoChangeOwnershipModel } from '../../models/video/video-change-ownership'
-import { AccountModel } from '../../models/account/account'
-import { VideoFetchType } from '../../helpers/video'
+} from '../../../helpers/custom-validators/videos'
+import { getDurationFromVideoFile } from '../../../helpers/ffmpeg-utils'
+import { logger } from '../../../helpers/logger'
+import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS } from '../../../initializers'
+import { VideoShareModel } from '../../../models/video/video-share'
+import { authenticate } from '../../oauth'
+import { areValidationErrors } from '../utils'
+import { cleanUpReqFiles } from '../../../helpers/express-utils'
+import { VideoModel } from '../../../models/video/video'
+import { UserModel } from '../../../models/account/user'
+import { checkUserCanTerminateOwnershipChange, doesChangeVideoOwnershipExist } from '../../../helpers/custom-validators/video-ownership'
+import { VideoChangeOwnershipAccept } from '../../../../shared/models/videos/video-change-ownership-accept.model'
+import { VideoChangeOwnershipModel } from '../../../models/video/video-change-ownership'
+import { AccountModel } from '../../../models/account/account'
+import { VideoFetchType } from '../../../helpers/video'
 
 const videosAddValidator = getCommonVideoAttributes().concat([
   body('videofile')
diff --git a/server/models/account/user-video-history.ts b/server/models/account/user-video-history.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0476cad9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/models/account/user-video-history.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+import { AllowNull, BelongsTo, Column, CreatedAt, ForeignKey, IsInt, Min, Model, Table, UpdatedAt } from 'sequelize-typescript'
+import { VideoModel } from '../video/video'
+import { UserModel } from './user'
+
+@Table({
+  tableName: 'userVideoHistory',
+  indexes: [
+    {
+      fields: [ 'userId', 'videoId' ],
+      unique: true
+    },
+    {
+      fields: [ 'userId' ]
+    },
+    {
+      fields: [ 'videoId' ]
+    }
+  ]
+})
+export class UserVideoHistoryModel extends Model<UserVideoHistoryModel> {
+  @CreatedAt
+  createdAt: Date
+
+  @UpdatedAt
+  updatedAt: Date
+
+  @AllowNull(false)
+  @IsInt
+  @Column
+  currentTime: number
+
+  @ForeignKey(() => VideoModel)
+  @Column
+  videoId: number
+
+  @BelongsTo(() => VideoModel, {
+    foreignKey: {
+      allowNull: false
+    },
+    onDelete: 'CASCADE'
+  })
+  Video: VideoModel
+
+  @ForeignKey(() => UserModel)
+  @Column
+  userId: number
+
+  @BelongsTo(() => UserModel, {
+    foreignKey: {
+      allowNull: false
+    },
+    onDelete: 'CASCADE'
+  })
+  User: UserModel
+}
diff --git a/server/models/video/video-format-utils.ts b/server/models/video/video-format-utils.ts
index f23dde9b8..78972b199 100644
--- a/server/models/video/video-format-utils.ts
+++ b/server/models/video/video-format-utils.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
   getVideoLikesActivityPubUrl,
   getVideoSharesActivityPubUrl
 } from '../../lib/activitypub'
+import { isArray } from 'util'
 
 export type VideoFormattingJSONOptions = {
   completeDescription?: boolean
@@ -24,6 +25,8 @@ function videoModelToFormattedJSON (video: VideoModel, options?: VideoFormatting
   const formattedAccount = video.VideoChannel.Account.toFormattedJSON()
   const formattedVideoChannel = video.VideoChannel.toFormattedJSON()
 
+  const userHistory = isArray(video.UserVideoHistories) ? video.UserVideoHistories[0] : undefined
+
   const videoObject: Video = {
     id: video.id,
     uuid: video.uuid,
@@ -74,7 +77,11 @@ function videoModelToFormattedJSON (video: VideoModel, options?: VideoFormatting
       url: formattedVideoChannel.url,
       host: formattedVideoChannel.host,
       avatar: formattedVideoChannel.avatar
-    }
+    },
+
+    userHistory: userHistory ? {
+      currentTime: userHistory.currentTime
+    } : undefined
   }
 
   if (options) {
diff --git a/server/models/video/video.ts b/server/models/video/video.ts
index 6c89c16bf..0a2d7e6de 100644
--- a/server/models/video/video.ts
+++ b/server/models/video/video.ts
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ import {
   videoModelToFormattedJSON
 } from './video-format-utils'
 import * as validator from 'validator'
+import { UserVideoHistoryModel } from '../account/user-video-history'
+
 
 // FIXME: Define indexes here because there is an issue with TS and Sequelize.literal when called directly in the annotation
 const indexes: Sequelize.DefineIndexesOptions[] = [
@@ -127,7 +129,8 @@ export enum ScopeNames {
   WITH_TAGS = 'WITH_TAGS',
   WITH_FILES = 'WITH_FILES',
   WITH_SCHEDULED_UPDATE = 'WITH_SCHEDULED_UPDATE',
-  WITH_BLACKLISTED = 'WITH_BLACKLISTED'
+  WITH_BLACKLISTED = 'WITH_BLACKLISTED',
+  WITH_USER_HISTORY = 'WITH_USER_HISTORY'
 }
 
 type ForAPIOptions = {
@@ -464,6 +467,8 @@ type AvailableForListIDsOptions = {
     include: [
       {
         model: () => VideoFileModel.unscoped(),
+        // FIXME: typings
+        [ 'separate' as any ]: true, // We may have multiple files, having multiple redundancies so let's separate this join
         required: false,
         include: [
           {
@@ -482,6 +487,20 @@ type AvailableForListIDsOptions = {
         required: false
       }
     ]
+  },
+  [ ScopeNames.WITH_USER_HISTORY ]: (userId: number) => {
+    return {
+      include: [
+        {
+          attributes: [ 'currentTime' ],
+          model: UserVideoHistoryModel.unscoped(),
+          required: false,
+          where: {
+            userId
+          }
+        }
+      ]
+    }
   }
 })
 @Table({
@@ -672,11 +691,19 @@ export class VideoModel extends Model<VideoModel> {
       name: 'videoId',
       allowNull: false
     },
-    onDelete: 'cascade',
-    hooks: true
+    onDelete: 'cascade'
   })
   VideoViews: VideoViewModel[]
 
+  @HasMany(() => UserVideoHistoryModel, {
+    foreignKey: {
+      name: 'videoId',
+      allowNull: false
+    },
+    onDelete: 'cascade'
+  })
+  UserVideoHistories: UserVideoHistoryModel[]
+
   @HasOne(() => ScheduleVideoUpdateModel, {
     foreignKey: {
       name: 'videoId',
@@ -930,7 +957,8 @@ export class VideoModel extends Model<VideoModel> {
     accountId?: number,
     videoChannelId?: number,
     actorId?: number
-    trendingDays?: number
+    trendingDays?: number,
+    userId?: number
   }, countVideos = true) {
     const query: IFindOptions<VideoModel> = {
       offset: options.start,
@@ -961,6 +989,7 @@ export class VideoModel extends Model<VideoModel> {
       accountId: options.accountId,
       videoChannelId: options.videoChannelId,
       includeLocalVideos: options.includeLocalVideos,
+      userId: options.userId,
       trendingDays
     }
 
@@ -983,6 +1012,7 @@ export class VideoModel extends Model<VideoModel> {
     tagsAllOf?: string[]
     durationMin?: number // seconds
     durationMax?: number // seconds
+    userId?: number
   }) {
     const whereAnd = []
 
@@ -1058,7 +1088,8 @@ export class VideoModel extends Model<VideoModel> {
       licenceOneOf: options.licenceOneOf,
       languageOneOf: options.languageOneOf,
       tagsOneOf: options.tagsOneOf,
-      tagsAllOf: options.tagsAllOf
+      tagsAllOf: options.tagsAllOf,
+      userId: options.userId
     }
 
     return VideoModel.getAvailableForApi(query, queryOptions)
@@ -1125,7 +1156,7 @@ export class VideoModel extends Model<VideoModel> {
     return VideoModel.scope([ ScopeNames.WITH_ACCOUNT_DETAILS, ScopeNames.WITH_FILES ]).findOne(query)
   }
 
-  static loadAndPopulateAccountAndServerAndTags (id: number | string, t?: Sequelize.Transaction) {
+  static loadAndPopulateAccountAndServerAndTags (id: number | string, t?: Sequelize.Transaction, userId?: number) {
     const where = VideoModel.buildWhereIdOrUUID(id)
 
     const options = {
@@ -1134,14 +1165,20 @@ export class VideoModel extends Model<VideoModel> {
       transaction: t
     }
 
+    const scopes = [
+      ScopeNames.WITH_TAGS,
+      ScopeNames.WITH_BLACKLISTED,
+      ScopeNames.WITH_FILES,
+      ScopeNames.WITH_ACCOUNT_DETAILS,
+      ScopeNames.WITH_SCHEDULED_UPDATE
+    ]
+
+    if (userId) {
+      scopes.push({ method: [ ScopeNames.WITH_USER_HISTORY, userId ] } as any) // FIXME: typings
+    }
+
     return VideoModel
-      .scope([
-        ScopeNames.WITH_TAGS,
-        ScopeNames.WITH_BLACKLISTED,
-        ScopeNames.WITH_FILES,
-        ScopeNames.WITH_ACCOUNT_DETAILS,
-        ScopeNames.WITH_SCHEDULED_UPDATE
-      ])
+      .scope(scopes)
       .findOne(options)
   }
 
@@ -1225,7 +1262,11 @@ export class VideoModel extends Model<VideoModel> {
     return {}
   }
 
-  private static async getAvailableForApi (query: IFindOptions<VideoModel>, options: AvailableForListIDsOptions, countVideos = true) {
+  private static async getAvailableForApi (
+    query: IFindOptions<VideoModel>,
+    options: AvailableForListIDsOptions & { userId?: number},
+    countVideos = true
+  ) {
     const idsScope = {
       method: [
         ScopeNames.AVAILABLE_FOR_LIST_IDS, options
@@ -1249,8 +1290,15 @@ export class VideoModel extends Model<VideoModel> {
 
     if (ids.length === 0) return { data: [], total: count }
 
-    const apiScope = {
-      method: [ ScopeNames.FOR_API, { ids, withFiles: options.withFiles } as ForAPIOptions ]
+    // FIXME: typings
+    const apiScope: any[] = [
+      {
+        method: [ ScopeNames.FOR_API, { ids, withFiles: options.withFiles } as ForAPIOptions ]
+      }
+    ]
+
+    if (options.userId) {
+      apiScope.push({ method: [ ScopeNames.WITH_USER_HISTORY, options.userId ] })
     }
 
     const secondQuery = {
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/index.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/index.ts
index 44460a167..71a217649 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/check-params/index.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/index.ts
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ import './video-channels'
 import './video-comments'
 import './video-imports'
 import './videos'
+import './videos-history'
diff --git a/server/tests/api/check-params/videos-history.ts b/server/tests/api/check-params/videos-history.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..808c3b616
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/tests/api/check-params/videos-history.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+/* tslint:disable:no-unused-expression */
+
+import * as chai from 'chai'
+import 'mocha'
+import {
+  flushTests,
+  killallServers,
+  makePostBodyRequest,
+  makePutBodyRequest,
+  runServer,
+  ServerInfo,
+  setAccessTokensToServers,
+  uploadVideo
+} from '../../utils'
+
+const expect = chai.expect
+
+describe('Test videos history API validator', function () {
+  let path: string
+  let server: ServerInfo
+
+  // ---------------------------------------------------------------
+
+  before(async function () {
+    this.timeout(30000)
+
+    await flushTests()
+
+    server = await runServer(1)
+
+    await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
+
+    const res = await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, {})
+    const videoUUID = res.body.video.uuid
+
+    path = '/api/v1/videos/' + videoUUID + '/watching'
+  })
+
+  describe('When notifying a user is watching a video', function () {
+
+    it('Should fail with an unauthenticated user', async function () {
+      const fields = { currentTime: 5 }
+      await makePutBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, fields, statusCodeExpected: 401 })
+    })
+
+    it('Should fail with an incorrect video id', async function () {
+      const fields = { currentTime: 5 }
+      const path = '/api/v1/videos/blabla/watching'
+      await makePutBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, fields, token: server.accessToken, statusCodeExpected: 400 })
+    })
+
+    it('Should fail with an unknown video', async function () {
+      const fields = { currentTime: 5 }
+      const path = '/api/v1/videos/d91fff41-c24d-4508-8e13-3bd5902c3b02/watching'
+
+      await makePutBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, fields, token: server.accessToken, statusCodeExpected: 404 })
+    })
+
+    it('Should fail with a bad current time', async function () {
+      const fields = { currentTime: 'hello' }
+      await makePutBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, fields, token: server.accessToken, statusCodeExpected: 400 })
+    })
+
+    it('Should succeed with the correct parameters', async function () {
+      const fields = { currentTime: 5 }
+
+      await makePutBodyRequest({ url: server.url, path, fields, token: server.accessToken, statusCodeExpected: 204 })
+    })
+  })
+
+  after(async function () {
+    killallServers([ server ])
+
+    // Keep the logs if the test failed
+    if (this['ok']) {
+      await flushTests()
+    }
+  })
+})
diff --git a/server/tests/api/videos/index.ts b/server/tests/api/videos/index.ts
index bf58f9c79..09bb62a8d 100644
--- a/server/tests/api/videos/index.ts
+++ b/server/tests/api/videos/index.ts
@@ -14,4 +14,5 @@ import './video-nsfw'
 import './video-privacy'
 import './video-schedule-update'
 import './video-transcoder'
+import './videos-history'
 import './videos-overview'
diff --git a/server/tests/api/videos/videos-history.ts b/server/tests/api/videos/videos-history.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6d289b288
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/tests/api/videos/videos-history.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+/* tslint:disable:no-unused-expression */
+
+import * as chai from 'chai'
+import 'mocha'
+import {
+  flushTests,
+  getVideosListWithToken,
+  getVideoWithToken,
+  killallServers, makePutBodyRequest,
+  runServer, searchVideoWithToken,
+  ServerInfo,
+  setAccessTokensToServers,
+  uploadVideo
+} from '../../utils'
+import { Video, VideoDetails } from '../../../../shared/models/videos'
+import { userWatchVideo } from '../../utils/videos/video-history'
+
+const expect = chai.expect
+
+describe('Test videos history', function () {
+  let server: ServerInfo = null
+  let video1UUID: string
+  let video2UUID: string
+  let video3UUID: string
+
+  before(async function () {
+    this.timeout(30000)
+
+    await flushTests()
+
+    server = await runServer(1)
+
+    await setAccessTokensToServers([ server ])
+
+    {
+      const res = await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, { name: 'video 1' })
+      video1UUID = res.body.video.uuid
+    }
+
+    {
+      const res = await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, { name: 'video 2' })
+      video2UUID = res.body.video.uuid
+    }
+
+    {
+      const res = await uploadVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, { name: 'video 3' })
+      video3UUID = res.body.video.uuid
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('Should get videos, without watching history', async function () {
+    const res = await getVideosListWithToken(server.url, server.accessToken)
+    const videos: Video[] = res.body.data
+
+    for (const video of videos) {
+      const resDetail = await getVideoWithToken(server.url, server.accessToken, video.id)
+      const videoDetails: VideoDetails = resDetail.body
+
+      expect(video.userHistory).to.be.undefined
+      expect(videoDetails.userHistory).to.be.undefined
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('Should watch the first and second video', async function () {
+    await userWatchVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, video1UUID, 3)
+    await userWatchVideo(server.url, server.accessToken, video2UUID, 8)
+  })
+
+  it('Should return the correct history when listing, searching and getting videos', async function () {
+    const videosOfVideos: Video[][] = []
+
+    {
+      const res = await getVideosListWithToken(server.url, server.accessToken)
+      videosOfVideos.push(res.body.data)
+    }
+
+    {
+      const res = await searchVideoWithToken(server.url, 'video', server.accessToken)
+      videosOfVideos.push(res.body.data)
+    }
+
+    for (const videos of videosOfVideos) {
+      const video1 = videos.find(v => v.uuid === video1UUID)
+      const video2 = videos.find(v => v.uuid === video2UUID)
+      const video3 = videos.find(v => v.uuid === video3UUID)
+
+      expect(video1.userHistory).to.not.be.undefined
+      expect(video1.userHistory.currentTime).to.equal(3)
+
+      expect(video2.userHistory).to.not.be.undefined
+      expect(video2.userHistory.currentTime).to.equal(8)
+
+      expect(video3.userHistory).to.be.undefined
+    }
+
+    {
+      const resDetail = await getVideoWithToken(server.url, server.accessToken, video1UUID)
+      const videoDetails: VideoDetails = resDetail.body
+
+      expect(videoDetails.userHistory).to.not.be.undefined
+      expect(videoDetails.userHistory.currentTime).to.equal(3)
+    }
+
+    {
+      const resDetail = await getVideoWithToken(server.url, server.accessToken, video2UUID)
+      const videoDetails: VideoDetails = resDetail.body
+
+      expect(videoDetails.userHistory).to.not.be.undefined
+      expect(videoDetails.userHistory.currentTime).to.equal(8)
+    }
+
+    {
+      const resDetail = await getVideoWithToken(server.url, server.accessToken, video3UUID)
+      const videoDetails: VideoDetails = resDetail.body
+
+      expect(videoDetails.userHistory).to.be.undefined
+    }
+  })
+
+  after(async function () {
+    killallServers([ server ])
+
+    // Keep the logs if the test failed
+    if (this['ok']) {
+      await flushTests()
+    }
+  })
+})
diff --git a/server/tests/utils/videos/video-history.ts b/server/tests/utils/videos/video-history.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7635478f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/tests/utils/videos/video-history.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import { makePutBodyRequest } from '../requests/requests'
+
+function userWatchVideo (url: string, token: string, videoId: number | string, currentTime: number) {
+  const path = '/api/v1/videos/' + videoId + '/watching'
+  const fields = { currentTime }
+
+  return makePutBodyRequest({ url, path, token, fields, statusCodeExpected: 204 })
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+export {
+  userWatchVideo
+}