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Build a REST API with FastAPI (Python)

Build a real REST API with FastAPI - routes, validation, CRUD, and a database - set up and run on your own machine, the way you would at work.

  1. Setup and Hello, API Create a virtualenv, install FastAPI and Uvicorn, write your first endpoint, and watch the auto-generated docs appear.
  2. Routes and Pydantic Models Add path and query parameters, define a request body as a Pydantic model, and let FastAPI validate incoming data for you.
  3. CRUD with an In-Memory Store Wire up create, read, update, and delete endpoints over a plain Python dictionary, then exercise every one of them with curl.
  4. Validation, Errors, and Status Codes Raise HTTPException for missing notes, return the right status code for each operation, and tighten the input rules with richer validation.
  5. A Database, then Ship It Swap the in-memory dict for a SQLite database so data survives restarts, then run, test, and learn how you'd deploy the finished API.