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Setting up the development environment The FastAPI framework is a fast, seamless, and robust Python framework but can only work on Python
versions 3.6 and above. The
Integrated Development Environment (
IDE ) used in this reference is
Visual Studio Code (
VS Code ), which is an open source tool that we can download from this site:
https://code.visualstudio.com/
. Just be sure to install the VSC extensions such as Python,
Python for VS Code, Python Extension Pack, Python Indent, and Material Icon Theme to provide your
editor syntax checking, syntax highlighting, and other editor support.
After the successful installation of Python and VS Code, we can now install FastAPI using a
terminal console. To ensure correct installation, first update Python’s package installer (
pip
) by
running this command:
python -m pip install --upgrade pip Afterward, we install the framework by running this series of commands:
pip install fastapi pip install uvicorn[standard] pip install python-multipart Important note If you need to install the complete FastAPI platform, including all optional dependencies, the
appropriate command is
pip install fastapi[all]
. Likewise, if you want to install
and utilize the full-blown
uvicorn
server, you should run the
pip install uvicorn
command. Also, install the
bcrypt
module for encryption-related tasks.
Initializing and configuring FastAPI
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At this point, you should have installed all the needed FastAPI module dependencies from the
pydantic and
starlette module components in your Python environment. Furthermore, the
