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FastAPI Cookbook
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FastAPI Cookbook

by Giunio De Luca
August 2024
Intermediate to advanced
358 pages
7h 6m
English
Packt Publishing
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11

Middleware and Webhooks

In this chapter, we delve into the advanced and crucial aspects of middleware and webhooks in FastAPI. Middleware in FastAPI allows you to process requests and responses globally before they reach your route handlers and after they leave them. Webhooks, on the other hand, enable your FastAPI application to communicate with other services by sending real-time data updates. Both middleware and webhooks are essential for building robust, efficient, and scalable applications.

We will start by exploring how to create custom Asynchronous Server Gateway Interface (ASGI) middleware from scratch. This will give you a deep understanding of how middleware works at a fundamental level.

Next, we’ll develop middleware specifically ...

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