FAST-API Backend Demonstration

A asynchronous RESTful API backend built with FastAPI and MongoDB (using Motor for async database operations). This project demonstrates complete CRUD functionality for managing blog posts along with custom application lifecycle management.

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🛠 Tech Stack

• Language: Python 3.10+
• Framework: FastAPI
• Database: MongoDB
• Async Driver: Motor
• Data Validation: Pydantic

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⚙️ Prerequisites & Configuration

Create a .env file in the root directory of your project and configure your MongoDB connection URL:

mongodb+srv://<username>:<password>@<cluster-address>/

Getting Started

Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/TherealArithmeticProgression/FAST-API-backend-demonstration.git
cd FAST-API-backend-demonstration

Set Up Virtual Environment & Install Dependencies

Create virtual environment

python -m venv venv

Activate virtual environment

On Windows:

venv\Scripts\activate

On macOS/Linux:

source venv/bin/activate

Install required packages

pip install fastapi uvicorn motor pymongo python-dotenv pydantic

Run the Server

uvicorn app.main:app --reload

The app will launch at http://127.0.0.1:8000. You can test interactive API docs directly at http://127.0.0.1:8000/docs

Request Body Schema

When creating or updating a post, supply the following JSON body:

{
  "title": "Your Post Title",
  "content": "Your post content goes here..."
}