FastAPI: Modern Python Web Development (Final)

Preface
   Conventions Used in This Book
   Using Code Examples
   O’Reilly Online Learning
   How to Contact Us
   Acknowledgments
I. What’s New?
1. The Modern Web
   Preview
   Services and APIs
      Kinds of APIs
      HTTP
      REST(ful)
      JSON and API Data Formats
      JSON:API
      GraphQL
   Concurrency
   Layers
   Data
   Review
2. Modern Python
   Preview
   Tools
   Getting Started
      Python Itself
      Package Management
      Virtual Environments
      Poetry
      Source Formatting
      Testing
      Source Control and Continuous Integration
      Web Tools
   APIs and Services
   Variables Are Names
   Type Hints
   Data Structures
   Web Frameworks
      Django
      Flask
      FastAPI
   Review
II. A FastAPI Tour
3. FastAPI Tour
   Preview
   What Is FastAPI?
   A FastAPI Application
   HTTP Requests
      URL Path
      Query Parameters
      Body
      HTTP Header
      Multiple Request Data
      Which Method Is Best?
   HTTP Responses
      Status Code
      Headers
      Response Types
      Type Conversion
      Model Types and response_model
   Automated Documentation
   Complex Data
   Review
4. Async, Concurrency, and Starlette Tour
   Preview
   Starlette
   Types of Concurrency
      Distributed and Parallel Computing
      Operating System Processes
      Operating System Threads
      Green Threads
      Callbacks
      Python Generators
      Python async, await, and asyncio
   FastAPI and Async
   Using Starlette Directly
   Interlude: Cleaning the Clue House
   Review
5. Pydantic, Type Hints, and Models Tour
   Preview
   Type Hinting
   Data Grouping
   Alternatives
   A Simple Example
   Validate Types
   Validate Values
   Review
6. Dependencies
   Preview
   What’s a Dependency?
   Problems with Dependencies
   Dependency Injection
   FastAPI Dependencies
   Writing a Dependency
   Dependency Scope
      Single Path
      Multiple Paths
      Global
   Review
7. Framework Comparisons
   Preview
   Flask
      Path
      Query Parameter
      Body
      Header
   Django
   Other Web Framework Features
   Databases
   Recommendations
   Other Python Web Frameworks
   Review
III. Making a Website
8. Web Layer
   Preview
   Interlude: Top-Down, Bottom-Up, Middle-Out?
   RESTful API Design
   File and Directory Site Layout
   The First Website Code
   Requests
   Multiple Routers
   Build the Web Layer
   Define Data Models
   Stub and Fake Data
   Create Common Functions Through the Stack
   Create Fake Data
   Test!
   Using the FastAPI Automated Test Forms
   Talking to the Service and Data Layers
   Pagination and Sorting
   Review
9. Service Layer
   Preview
   Defining a Service
   Layout
   Protection
   Functions
   Test!
   Other Service-Level Stuff
      Logging
      Metrics, Monitoring, Observability
      Tracing
      Other
   Review
10. Data Layer
   Preview
   DB-API
   SQLite
   Layout
   Making It Work
   Test!
      Full Tests
         Get all explorers
         Get one explorer
         Missing and duplicate data
      Unit Tests
   Review
11. Authentication and Authorization
   Preview
   Interlude 1: Do You Need Authentication?
   Authentication Methods
   Global Authentication: Shared Secret
   Simple Individual Authentication
   Fancier Individual Authentication
      OAuth2
      User Model
      User Data Layer
      User Fake Data Layer
      User Service Layer
      User Web Layer
      Test!
      Top Layer
      Authentication Steps
      JWT
      Third-Party Authentication: OIDC
   Authorization
   Middleware
      CORS
      Third-Party Packages
   Review
12. Testing
   Preview
   Web API Testing
   Where to Test
   What to Test
   Pytest
   Layout
   Automated Unit Tests
      Mocking
      Test Doubles and Fakes
      Web
      Service
      Data
   Automated Integration Tests
   The Repository Pattern
   Automated Full Tests
   Security Testing
   Load Testing
   Review
13. Production
   Preview
   Deployment
      Multiple Workers
      HTTPS
      Docker
      Cloud Services
      Kubernetes
   Performance
      Async
      Caches
      Databases, Files, and Memory
      Queues
      Python Itself
   Troubleshooting
      Kinds of Problems
      Logging
      Metrics
   Review
IV. A Gallery
14. Databases, Data Science, and a Little AI
   Preview
   Data Storage Alternatives
   Relational Databases and SQL
      SQLAlchemy
         Core
         SQLAlchemy Expression Language
         ORM
      SQLModel
      SQLite
      PostgreSQL
      EdgeDB
   Nonrelational (NoSQL) Databases
      Redis
      MongoDB
      Cassandra
      Elasticsearch
   NoSQL Features in SQL Databases
   Database Load Testing
   Data Science and AI
   Review
15. Files
   Preview
   Multipart Support
   Uploading Files
      File()
      UploadFile
   Downloading Files
      FileResponse
      StreamingResponse
   Serving Static Files
   Review
16. Forms and Templates
   Preview
   Forms
   Templates
   Review
17. Data Discovery and Visualization
   Preview
   Python and Data
   PSV Text Output
      csv
      python-tabulate
      pandas
   SQLite Data Source and Web Output
      Chart/Graph Packages
      Chart Example 1: Test
      Chart Example 2: Histogram
      Map Packages
      Map Example
   Review
18. Games
   Preview
   Python Game Packages
   Splitting Game Logic
   Game Design
   Web Part One: Game Initialization
   Web Part Two: Game Steps
   Service Part One: Initialization
   Service Part Two: Scoring
   Test!
   Data: Initialization
   Let’s Play Cryptonamicon
   Review
A. Further Reading
   Python
   FastAPI
   Starlette
   Pydantic
B. Creatures and Humans
   Creatures
   Explorers
   Explorer Publications
   Other Sources
Index