FastAPIIntermediate
FastAPI
Build modern Python APIs with FastAPI: type hints, Pydantic validation, automatic docs, dependency injection, async and security. Complete your backend developer path.
12 chapters36 lessons48 challenges
Course curriculum
Chapter 1: Introduction to FastAPI
- ▸What FastAPI is
- ▸Running the app: uvicorn and ASGI
- ▸Automatic documentation
Chapter 2: Path operations and routing
- ▸HTTP methods and path operations
- ▸Path parameters
- ▸Route order: fixed before dynamic
Chapter 3: Query parameters and validation
- ▸Query parameters
- ▸Optional and default values
- ▸Validation with Query()
Chapter 4: Request body and Pydantic
- ▸Pydantic models (BaseModel)
- ▸Receiving the body in an endpoint
- ▸Optional fields and nested models
Chapter 5: Response model and status code
- ▸response_model: output shape and filter
- ▸status_code: the right status code
- ▸Separate models: input vs output
Chapter 6: Advanced validation with Pydantic
- ▸Field(): constraints and metadata
- ▸Custom validators
- ▸Special types (EmailStr, constrained)
Chapter 7: Dependency Injection
- ▸What a dependency is: Depends()
- ▸Reusable dependencies
- ▸Dependencies with yield (setup/teardown)
Chapter 8: Authentication and security
- ▸OAuth2 with Bearer token
- ▸Password hashing and JWT
- ▸Protecting an endpoint
Chapter 9: Database with SQLAlchemy
- ▸Engine and session
- ▸ORM models and CRUD
- ▸From ORM to Pydantic (from_attributes)
Chapter 10: Error handling
- ▸HTTPException
- ▸Validation errors (422)
- ▸Custom exception handlers
Chapter 11: Async, middleware and background tasks
- ▸async def in endpoints
- ▸Middleware
- ▸Background tasks
Chapter 12: Testing and deployment
- ▸Testing with TestClient
- ▸Project structure: APIRouter
- ▸Production deployment
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