FastAPI Project Template

The REST API template repository for a FastAPI back-end project.

Table of Contents

• Description
• Installation
• Contributing
• License
• Contact Information

Description

This is a template repository for a FastAPI back-end project. It is intended to be used as a starting point for a new project. It has OAuth2 authentication and JWT token generation. It also has a basic user model and CRUD operations for users.

Installation

Prerequisites

• Python 3.8 or higher
• pip 20.0 or higher
• fastapi
• uvicorn
• pydantic
• jose
• passlib
• mysql

Installation Steps

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/dilshankarunarathne/secure-fastapi-template.git

2. Install the dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Create a MySQL database

mysql -u root -p

CREATE DATABASE fastapi;

4. Create a .env file in the root directory and add the following environment variables

MYSQL_USER="your mysql user"
MYSQL_PASSWORD="your mysql password"
MYSQL_HOST="localhost"
MYSQL_DATABASE="fastapi"
MYSQL_PORT=3306

5. Run the project

uvicorn main:app --reload

6. Open the local URL in a browser to access the Swagger UI

http://127.0.0.1:8000/auth/login

Contributing

If you'd like to contribute to this project, please check the contribution guidelines for more information.

License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Contact Information

For questions or feedback, please contact the author:

• Author: Dilshan M. Karunarathne
• Email: ceo@altier.tech
• Website: http://altier.tech