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M. LathkarHigh-Performance Web Apps with FastAPIhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9178-8_2

2. Getting Started with FastAPI

Malhar Lathkar1  
(1)
Nanded, Maharashtra, India
 

The previous chapter laid the groundwork for exploring the powerful features of the FastAPI web framework. We now know enough about the type hinting and asynchronous processing mechanism that is extensively implemented in FastAPI. It is primarily a tool for developing web APIs. Hence, a brief discussion on the principles of REST architecture was also given in the previous chapter.

This chapter helps you take the first steps toward building APIs. We shall also learn about the API docs and ...

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