Simple, efficient FastAPI app with SQLAlchemy and Docker support.
- β‘ FastAPI: Modern, fast web framework for APIs
- ποΈ SQLAlchemy: ORM for database management
- π Uvicorn: ASGI server for fast performance
- π³ Dockerized: Easy container deployment
- Python 3.11+
- Docker (optional, for container use)
- pip package manager
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/PythonFastAPI.git
cd PythonFastAPI
2. (Optional) Create and activate a virtual environment
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python -m venv venv
# On macOS/Linux
source venv/bin/activate
# On Windows
venv\Scripts\activate
3. Install dependencies
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pip install -r requirements.txt
4. Run the FastAPI app
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uvicorn main:app --reload
5. Access the API
Open your browser to:
π http://localhost:8000/docs β Interactive API docs
π³ How to Use with Docker
1. Build the Docker image
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docker build -t python-fastapi-app .
2. Run the Docker container
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docker run -d -p 8000:8000 python-fastapi-app
3. Access the API inside Docker
Open your browser to:
π http://localhost:8000/docs β Interactive API docs
π Environment Variables
If you use a .env file for settings or secrets, make sure to:
Add .env file to your project root
Use python-dotenv or FastAPIβs recommended way to load environment variables
π License
Distributed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.
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