FastAPI Cookbook

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Integrating FastAPI with SQL Databases

We’ll now embark on a journey to harness the full potential of SQL databases within your FastAPI applications. This chapter is meticulously designed to guide you through the nuances of leveraging SQLAlchemy, a powerful SQL toolkit and object-relational mapping (ORM) for Python. From setting up your database environment to implementing sophisticated create, read, update and delete (CRUD) operations and managing complex relationships, this chapter provides a comprehensive blueprint for integrating SQL databases seamlessly with FastAPI.

By creating a basic ticketing platform, you’ll practically engage in configuring SQLAlchemy with FastAPI, creating data models that reflect your application’s data structures, ...