Basic REST API Application using FastAPI

Naive solution for a basic REST API application. Its main purpose is to provide an easy way to expose endpoints and enable SDETs to build automation frameworks around it.

The application was designed to run inside a Docker container to strip out the complexity of setting virtual environments, facilitate its distribution and avoid the infamous but it works on my machine conversation.

Prerequisites

• Git
• Docker
• Make

Run the App

1. Open a terminal

2. Change to your favorite local directory (i.e. cd /opt)

3. Clone the repository

git clone git@github.com:jllopez/basic-restapi-app.git

4. Run the application

make run

This command will remove any existing fastapi_restapp containers and build a new dev/fastapi_restapp image.

5. Visit URL

http://localhost:8080/docs#/

User admin/admin is preloaded in the DB. Leverage this user to authenticate and perform admin-only operations (i.e. create/delete/list-all users, delete comments)

Developer Mode

1. Complete steps 1-3 as described in Run the App section.

2. Start development environment

make dev

This command will remove any existing fastapi_restapp containers, build a new dev/fastapi_restapp image, start a container, mount local code under /opt/app and provide a /bin/bash terminal.

3. Start uvicorn server by executing the following command in the container's terminal

uvicorn app.main:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8080 --reload

Now the container is ready for development. Local code changes will be automatically reflected inside the container and thanks to the --reload uvicorn flag the code will be immediately deployed.