Python Web Development with FastAPI
Build modern, type-safe web APIs with FastAPI, Pydantic validation, SQLAlchemy databases, and JWT authentication.
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Build production-ready web APIs with Python's fastest framework. This course teaches FastAPI routing, request validation with Pydantic models, database integration with SQLAlchemy, full CRUD operations with proper error handling, and authentication with JWT tokens and middleware. You'll incrementally build a package tracking API for a logistics company, adding a new layer each lesson. The capstone produces a complete API with models, database, auth, logging, and auto-generated documentation. Requires Python fundamentals including classes, modules, and JSON. Course 5 of 6 in the Python Learning Path.
Course Curriculum
14 Lessons
FastAPI Basics Routes and Responses
FastAPI Basics - Lab Exercises
What FastAPI is (ASGI, auto-docs, type hints), first endpoint with @app.get, HTTP methods (GET/POST/PUT/DELETE), response models with Pydantic, auto-docs at /docs (Swagger UI) and /redoc
Request Validation with Pydantic
Pydantic Validation - Lab Exercises
Pydantic BaseModel for request bodies, field validation (min_length/max_length/ge/le/regex), custom validators (@field_validator/@model_validator), separate input/output models, validation error formatting
Path Parameters Query Params and Headers
Parameters and Headers - Lab Exercises
Path parameters with type coercion, query parameters with defaults and Optional, Header() dependency, Depends() basics for shared validation, pagination pattern (skip/limit with total count)
Database Integration with SQLAlchemy
Database Integration - Lab Exercises
SQLAlchemy ORM (engine/session/declarative base), table models with Column types, session management with yield dependency, CRUD functions (add/query/commit/delete), SQLite for development
CRUD Operations and Error Handling
CRUD Operations - Lab Exercises
Full CRUD (create/read single+list/update PUT+PATCH/delete), HTTP status codes (201/204/404/409), HTTPException, custom exception handlers, partial updates with exclude_unset
Authentication and Middleware
Authentication - Lab Exercises
API key auth with headers and Depends, OAuth2 password flow with OAuth2PasswordBearer, JWT tokens (structure/creation/verification), middleware for request logging and CORS, role-based access
Capstone Briefing Package Tracking API
Capstone Package Tracking API
Capstone building complete SwiftRoute API: Pydantic models for Shipment/Customer/TrackingEvent, SQLAlchemy with relationships, full CRUD with pagination, JWT auth, request logging middleware, structured error responses
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- 24/7 AI Instructor Support
- Live Lab Environments
- 7 Hands-on Lessons
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Python Web Development with FastAPI
Demonstrates proficiency in building web APIs with FastAPI, Pydantic, SQLAlchemy, and JWT authentication.
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