Using FastAPI to Build Python Web APIs - Tutorial Blog from RealPython

Repository for the Using FastAPI to Build Python Web APIs tutorial blog on RealPython written by FastAPI's creator tiangolo

Try It Out

1. Clone the repo

• HTTP:

  git clone https://github.com/enguy-hub/fastapi_basictutorial.git
  

• SSH

  git clone ssh://git@github.com:enguy-hub/fastapi_basictutorial.git
  

2. Create and activate Python environment (conda or venv)

• For CONDA

  • Create the environment with:

    conda env create --file env.yml
    

  • Activate the environment with:

    conda activate fastapienv
    

• For VENV

  • Create the environment with:

    python3 -m venv fastapienv
    

  • Activate the environment with:

    source fastapienv/bin/activate
    

  • Install the dependencies with:

    pip install -r requirement.txt
    

3. Spin up FastAPI

• For runnning the First Steps part from the tutorial:

  uvicorn main_firststeps:app --reload
  

• For runnning the Path Parameters: Get an Item by ID section from the tutorial:

  uvicorn main_pathparams:app --reload
  

• For runnning the Request Body: Receiving JSON Data part from the tutorial:

  uvicorn main_request:app --reload