benavlabs · igorbenav · Oct 22, 2023 · Oct 21, 2023 · Oct 22, 2023
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -1,32 +1,37 @@
-# FastAPI-boilerplate
->A template to speed your FastAPI development up.
+<h1 align="center"> Fast FastAPI boilerplate</h1>
+<p align="center" markdown=1>
+  <i>Yet another template to speed your FastAPI development up.</i>
+</p>
+
+<p align="center">
+  <a href="https://github.com/igormagalhaesr/FastAPI-boilerplate">
+    <img src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/43156212/277095260-ef5d4496-8290-4b18-99b2-0c0b5500504e.png" width="35%" height="auto">
+  </a>
+</p>
+
 
 ## 0. About
 **FastAPI boilerplate** creates an extendable async API using FastAPI, Pydantic V2, SQLAlchemy 2.0 and PostgreSQL:
 - [`FastAPI`](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com): modern Python web framework for building APIs
 - [`Pydantic V2`](https://docs.pydantic.dev/2.4/): the most widely used data validation library for Python, now rewritten in Rust [`(5x to 50x speed improvement)`](https://docs.pydantic.dev/latest/blog/pydantic-v2-alpha/)
 - [`SQLAlchemy 2.0`](https://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/20/changelog/whatsnew_20.html): Python SQL toolkit and Object Relational Mapper
 - [`PostgreSQL`](https://www.postgresql.org): The World's Most Advanced Open Source Relational Database
-- [`Redis`](https://redis.io): The open source, in-memory data store used by millions of developers as a database, cache, streaming engine, and message broker.
+- [`Redis`](https://redis.io): The open source, in-memory data store used by millions of developers as a database, cache, streaming engine, and message broker
+- [`ARQ`](https://arq-docs.helpmanual.io) Job queues and RPC in python with asyncio and redis.
 
 ## 1. Features
   - Fully async
   - Pydantic V2 and SQLAlchemy 2.0
   - User authentication with JWT
   - Easy redis caching
   - Easy client-side caching
+  - ARQ integration for task queue
   - Easily extendable
   - Flexible
 
-### 1.1 To do
-- [x] Redis cache
-- [ ] Arq job queues
-- [x] App settings (such as database connection, etc) only for what's inherited in core.config.Settings
-
 ## 2. Contents
 0. [About](#0-about)
 1. [Features](#1-features)
-    1. [To do](#11-to-do)
 2. [Contents](#2-contents)
 3. [Usage](#3-usage)
 4. [Requirements](#4-requirements)
@@ -39,15 +44,17 @@
 7. [Creating the first superuser](#7-creating-the-first-superuser)
 8. [Database Migrations](#8-database-migrations)
 9. [Extending](#9-extending)
-    1. [Database Model](#91-database-model)
-    2. [SQLAlchemy Models](#92-sqlalchemy-model)
-    3. [Pydantic Schemas](#93-pydantic-schemas)
-    4. [Alembic Migrations](#94-alembic-migration)
-    5. [CRUD](#95-crud)
-    6. [Routes](#96-routes)
-    7. [Caching](#97-caching)
-    8. [More Advanced Caching](#98-more-advanced-caching)
-    9. [Running](#99-running)
+    1. [Project Structure](#91-project-structure)
+    2. [Database Model](#92-database-model)
+    3. [SQLAlchemy Models](#93-sqlalchemy-model)
+    4. [Pydantic Schemas](#94-pydantic-schemas)
+    5. [Alembic Migrations](#95-alembic-migration)
+    6. [CRUD](#96-crud)
+    7. [Routes](#97-routes)
+    8. [Caching](#98-caching)
+    9. [More Advanced Caching](#99-more-advanced-caching)
+    10. [ARQ Job Queues](#910-arq-job-queues)
+    11. [Running](#911-running)
 10. [Testing](#10-testing)
 11. [Contributing](#11-contributing)
 12. [References](#12-references)
@@ -68,7 +75,7 @@ Then install poetry:
 pip install poetry
 ```
 
-In the **src** directory, run to install required packages:
+In the `src` directory, run to install required packages:
 ```sh
 poetry install
 ```
@@ -131,10 +138,18 @@ REDIS_CACHE_PORT=6379
 
 And for client-side caching:
 ```
-# ------------- redis -------------
+# ------------- redis cache -------------
 REDIS_CACHE_HOST="your_host" # default localhost
 REDIS_CACHE_PORT=6379
 ```
+
+For ARQ Job Queues:
+```
+# ------------- redis queue -------------
+REDIS_CACHE_HOST="your_host" # default localhost
+REDIS_CACHE_PORT=6379
+```
+
 ___
 ## 5. Running Databases With Docker:
 ### 5.1 PostgreSQL (main database)
@@ -165,7 +180,7 @@ docker run -d \
 
 [`If you didn't create the .env variables yet, click here.`](#environment-variables)
 
-### 5.2 Redis (for caching)
+### 5.2 Redis (for caching and job queue)
 Install docker if you don't have it yet, then run:
 ```sh
 docker pull redis:alpine
@@ -218,11 +233,80 @@ poetry run alembic upgrade head
 
 ___
 ## 9. Extending
-### 9.1 Database Model
+### 9.1 Project Structure
+```sh
+.
+├── .env                                   # Environment variables file for configuration and secrets.
+├── __init__.py                            # An initialization file for the package.
+├── alembic.ini                            # Configuration file for Alembic (database migration tool).
+├── app                                    # Main application directory.
+│   ├── __init__.py                        # Initialization file for the app package.
+│   ├── api                                # Folder containing API-related logic.
+│   │   ├── __init__.py                    # Initialization file for the api package.
+│   │   ├── dependencies.py                # Defines dependencies that can be reused across the API endpoints.
+│   │   ├── exceptions.py                  # Contains custom exceptions for the API.
+│   │   └── v1                             # Version 1 of the API.
+│   │       ├── __init__.py                # Initialization file for the v1 package.
+│   │       ├── login.py                   # API routes related to user login.
+│   │       ├── posts.py                   # API routes related to posts.
+│   │       ├── tasks.py                   # API routes related to background tasks.
+│   │       └── users.py                   # API routes related to user management.
+│   │
+│   ├── core                               # Core utilities and configurations for the application.
+│   │   ├── __init__.py                    # Initialization file for the core package.
+│   │   ├── cache.py                       # Utilities related to caching.
+│   │   ├── config.py                      # Application configuration settings.
+│   │   ├── database.py                    # Database connectivity and session management.
+│   │   ├── exceptions.py                  # Contains core custom exceptions for the application.
+│   │   ├── models.py                      # Base models for the application.
+│   │   ├── queue.py                       # Utilities related to task queues.
+│   │   └── security.py                    # Security utilities like password hashing and token generation.
+│   │
+│   ├── crud                               # CRUD operations for the application.
+│   │   ├── __init__.py                    # Initialization file for the crud package.
+│   │   ├── crud_base.py                   # Base CRUD operations class that can be extended by other CRUD modules.
+│   │   ├── crud_posts.py                  # CRUD operations for posts.
+│   │   └── crud_users.py                  # CRUD operations for users.
+│   │
+│   ├── main.py                            # Entry point for the FastAPI application. 
+│   │
+│   ├── models                             # ORM models for the application.
+│   │   ├── __init__.py                    # Initialization file for the models package.
+│   │   ├── post.py                        # ORM model for posts.
+│   │   └── user.py                        # ORM model for users.
+│   │
+│   ├── schemas                            # Pydantic schemas for data validation.
+│   │   ├── __init__.py                    # Initialization file for the schemas package.
+│   │   ├── job.py                         # Schemas related to background jobs.
+│   │   ├── post.py                        # Schemas related to posts.
+│   │   └── user.py                        # Schemas related to users.
+│   │
+│   └── worker.py                          # Worker script for handling background tasks.
+│
+├── migrations                             # Directory for Alembic migrations.
+│   ├── README                             # General info and guidelines for migrations.
+│   ├── env.py                             # Environment configurations for Alembic.
+│   ├── script.py.mako                     # Template script for migration generation.
+│   └── versions                           # Folder containing individual migration scripts.
+│       └── README.MD                      # Readme for the versions directory.
+│
+├── poetry.lock                            # Lock file for Poetry, ensuring consistent dependencies.
+├── pyproject.toml                         # Configuration file for Poetry, lists project dependencies.
+├── scripts                                # Utility scripts for the project.
+│   └── create_first_superuser.py          # Script to create the first superuser in the application.
+│
+└── tests                                  # Directory containing all the tests.
+    ├── __init__.py                        # Initialization file for the tests package.
+    ├── conftest.py                        # Configuration and fixtures for pytest.
+    ├── helper.py                          # Helper functions for writing tests.
+    └── test_user.py                       # Tests related to the user model and endpoints.
+```
+
+### 9.2 Database Model
 Create the new entities and relationships and add them to the model
 ![diagram](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/43156212/274053323-31bbdb41-15bf-45f2-8c8e-0b04b71c5b0b.png)
 
-### 9.2 SQLAlchemy Model
+### 9.3 SQLAlchemy Model
 Inside `app/models`, create a new `entity.py` for each new entity (replacing entity with the name) and define the attributes according to [SQLAlchemy 2.0 standards](https://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/20/orm/mapping_styles.html#orm-mapping-styles):
 ```python
 from sqlalchemy import String, DateTime
@@ -240,7 +324,7 @@ class Entity(Base):
   ...
 ```
 
-### 9.3 Pydantic Schemas
+### 9.4 Pydantic Schemas
 Inside `app/schemas`, create a new `entity.py` for for each new entity (replacing entity with the name) and create the schemas according to [Pydantic V2](https://docs.pydantic.dev/latest/#pydantic-examples) standards:
 ```python
 from typing import Annotated
@@ -280,7 +364,7 @@ class EntityDelete(BaseModel):
 
 ```
 
-### 9.4 Alembic Migration
+### 9.5 Alembic Migration
 Then, while in the `src` folder, run Alembic migrations:
 ```sh
 poetry run alembic revision --autogenerate
@@ -291,7 +375,7 @@ And to apply the migration
 poetry run alembic upgrade head
 ```
 
-### 9.5 CRUD
+### 9.6 CRUD
 Inside `app/crud`, create a new `crud_entities.py` inheriting from `CRUDBase` for each new entity:
 ```python
 from app.crud.crud_base import CRUDBase
@@ -302,7 +386,7 @@ CRUDEntity = CRUDBase[Entity, EntityCreateInternal, EntityUpdate, EntityUpdateIn
 crud_entity = CRUDEntity(Entity)
 ```
 
-### 9.6 Routes
+### 9.7 Routes
 Inside `app/api/v1`, create a new `entities.py` file and create the desired routes
 ```python
 from typing import Annotated
@@ -333,7 +417,7 @@ router = APIRouter(prefix="/v1") # this should be there already
 router.include_router(entity_router)
 ```
 
-### 9.7 Caching
+### 9.8 Caching
 The `cache` decorator allows you to cache the results of FastAPI endpoint functions, enhancing response times and reducing the load on your application by storing and retrieving data in a cache.
 
 Caching the response of an endpoint is really simple, just apply the `cache` decorator to the endpoint function. 
@@ -381,7 +465,7 @@ In this case, what will happen is:
 
 Passing resource_id_name is usually preferred.
 
-### 9.8 More Advanced Caching
+### 9.9 More Advanced Caching
 The behaviour of the `cache` decorator changes based on the request method of your endpoint. 
 It caches the result if you are passing it to a **GET** endpoint, and it invalidates the cache with this key_prefix and id if passed to other endpoints (**PATCH**, **DELETE**).
 
@@ -437,11 +521,53 @@ async def patch_post(
 ```
 
 > **Warning**
-> Note that this will not work for **GET** requests.
+> Note that adding `to_invalidate_extra` will not work for **GET** requests.
 
+#### Client-side Caching
 For `client-side caching`, all you have to do is let the `Settings` class defined in `app/core/config.py` inherit from the `ClientSideCacheSettings` class. You can set the `CLIENT_CACHE_MAX_AGE` value in `.env,` it defaults to 60 (seconds).
 
-### 9.9 Running
+### 9.10 ARQ Job Queues
+Create the background task in `app/worker.py`:
+```python
+...
+# -------- background tasks --------
+async def sample_background_task(ctx, name: str) -> str:
+    await asyncio.sleep(5)
+    return f"Task {name} is complete!"
+```
+
+Then add the function to the `WorkerSettings` class `functions` variable:
+```python
+# -------- class --------
+...
+class WorkerSettings:
+    functions = [sample_background_task]
+    ...
+```
+
+Add the task to be enqueued in a **POST** endpoint and get the info in a **GET**:
+```python
+...
+@router.post("/task", response_model=Job, status_code=201)
+async def create_task(message: str):
+    job = await queue.pool.enqueue_job("sample_background_task", message)
+    return {"id": job.job_id}
+
+
+@router.get("/task/{task_id}")
+async def get_task(task_id: str):
+    job = ArqJob(task_id, queue.pool)
+    return await job.info()
+
+```
+
+And finally run the worker in parallel to your fastapi application.
+While in the `src` folder:
+```sh
+poetry run arq app.worker.WorkerSettings
+```
+
+### 9.11 Running
 While in the `src` folder, run to start the application with uvicorn server:
 ```sh
 poetry run uvicorn app.main:app --reload
@@ -481,7 +607,7 @@ Contributions are appreciated, even if just reporting bugs, documenting stuff or
 This project was inspired by a few projects, it's based on them with things changed to the way I like (and pydantic, sqlalchemy updated)
 * [`Full Stack FastAPI and PostgreSQL`](https://github.com/tiangolo/full-stack-fastapi-postgresql) by @tiangolo himself
 * [`FastAPI Microservices`](https://github.com/Kludex/fastapi-microservices) by @kludex which heavily inspired this boilerplate
-* [`Async Web API with FastAPI + SQLAlchemy 2.0`](https://github.com/rhoboro/async-fastapi-sqlalchemy)
+* [`Async Web API with FastAPI + SQLAlchemy 2.0`](https://github.com/rhoboro/async-fastapi-sqlalchemy) for sqlalchemy 2.0 ORM examples
 
 ## 13. License
 [`MIT`](LICENSE.md)

diff --git a/src/app/api/v1/__init__.py b/src/app/api/v1/__init__.py
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
 from app.api.v1.login import router as login_router
 from app.api.v1.users import router as users_router
 from app.api.v1.posts import router as posts_router
+from app.api.v1.tasks import router as tasks_router
 
 router = APIRouter(prefix="/v1")
 router.include_router(login_router)
 router.include_router(users_router)
 router.include_router(posts_router)
+router.include_router(tasks_router)
diff --git a/src/app/api/v1/tasks.py b/src/app/api/v1/tasks.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+from arq.jobs import Job as ArqJob
+from fastapi import APIRouter, HTTPException
+
+from app.core import queue
+from app.schemas.job import Job
+
+router = APIRouter(prefix="/tasks", tags=["Tasks"])
+
+
+@router.post("/task", response_model=Job, status_code=201)
+async def create_task(message: str):
+    job = await queue.pool.enqueue_job("sample_background_task", message)
+    return {"id": job.job_id}
+
+
+@router.get("/task/{task_id}")
+async def get_task(task_id: str):
+    job = ArqJob(task_id, queue.pool)
+    return await job.info()
diff --git a/src/app/api/v1/users.py b/src/app/api/v1/users.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 from fastapi import Request
 import fastapi
 
-from app.schemas.user import UserCreate, UserCreateInternal, UserUpdate, UserRead, UserBase 
+from app.schemas.user import UserCreate, UserCreateInternal, UserUpdate, UserRead 
 from app.api.dependencies import get_current_user, get_current_superuser
 from app.core.database import async_get_db
 from app.core.security import get_password_hash

diff --git a/src/app/core/config.py b/src/app/core/config.py
@@ -76,14 +76,20 @@ class ClientSideCacheSettings(BaseSettings):
     CLIENT_CACHE_MAX_AGE: int = config("CLIENT_CACHE_MAX_AGE", default=60)
 
 
+class RedisQueueSettings(BaseSettings):
+    REDIS_QUEUE_HOST: str = config("REDIS_QUEUE_HOST", default="localhost")
+    REDIS_QUEUE_PORT: str = config("REDIS_QUEUE_PORT", default=6379)
+
+
 class Settings(
     AppSettings, 
     PostgresSettings, 
     CryptSettings, 
     FirstUserSettings,
     TestSettings,
     RedisCacheSettings,
-    ClientSideCacheSettings
+    ClientSideCacheSettings,
+    RedisQueueSettings
 ):
     pass
 

diff --git a/src/app/core/queue.py b/src/app/core/queue.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from arq.connections import ArqRedis
+
+pool: ArqRedis | None = None
Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
		@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
		from arq.connections import ArqRedis

		pool: ArqRedis \| None = None