FastAPI - Getting Started
FastAPI as a modern and high-performance web framework for building APIs with Python 3.6+ based on standard Python type hints.
In this video we will discuss about how to get started with the fastapi and how to add a simple api endpoint to it.
FastAPI features
High-performance: As the name suggests, FastAPI is fast. It’s considered to be one of the fastest Python frameworks currently available.
Robust: You can create production-ready code using automatic interactive documentation.
Intuitive: FastAPI was designed to be easy to use and learn. It offers great editor support and documentation.
Quick to code: FastAPI increases your developing speed by 200%-300%.
Fewer bugs: It reduces around 40% of induced bugs.
Compatible: It works well with the open standards for APIS, OpenAPI (previously known as Swagger), and JSON schema.
Plugins: You can easily create plugins using dependency injection.
Type hints: You can use type hinting for data validation and conversion.
