FastAPI Skill

Overview

Build modern, high-performance APIs with FastAPI, including async endpoints, automatic documentation, and type-safe request handling.

Topics Covered

FastAPI Basics

• Application structure
• Route decorators
• Path and query parameters
• Request body handling
• Response models

Pydantic Integration

• Request validation
• Response serialization
• Custom validators
• Settings management
• Nested models

Async Programming

• Async endpoint handlers
• Background tasks
• Async database access
• Concurrent requests
• Event handlers

Security

• OAuth2 implementation
• JWT authentication
• API key authentication
• Dependency injection
• CORS configuration

Advanced Features

• WebSocket support
• File uploads
• Streaming responses
• Middleware creation
• Testing FastAPI

Prerequisites

• Python fundamentals
• Async/await basics
• HTTP concepts

Learning Outcomes

• Build production APIs
• Implement authentication
• Create async endpoints
• Generate API documentation