Web API Development with Python: A Beginner's Guide using Flask and FastAPI

by Rehan Haider

Completely updated for Flask 2.0.1 and FastAPI 0.65.2This book is a hands-on project based guide to building APIs designed for beginners who have never built an API before or professionals who want a quick intro to FastAPI or Flask.The book uses Python libraries such as Flask microframework that is used by the likes of Netflix, Airbnb, Uber, Instagram, etc. making its way up to modern framework like FastAPI, which is on par to any with NodeJS, and Go in terms of performance and quickly being adopted as the #1 API tools written in Python.You will also learn efficient routing, type-hinting, data transfer, HTTP messages, form data handling, REST API design, and data validation techniques.In this book you will learnFundamentals of APIsIntroduction to tools for API developmentFlask backend development using REST architectureConnect to Front-end designed using Jinja2 templatesFastAPI backed / API designAsynchronous API development

157 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 29, 2021

Reviews

[Stephen Muiruri]

Useful information

Thank you for taking the time to focus on fastapi. It has proven quite useful and I would recommend the book to all Python developers, cloud application engineers and budding API designers.

[Lorenzo Boccalon]

It's a quick read, straight to the point. There are some typos, and the exposition is not always clear.