The Ultimate FastAPI Tutorial

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Local Setup

1. pip install poetry (or safer, follow the instructions: https://python-poetry.org/docs/#installation).
2. Install dependencies cd into the directory where the pyproject.toml is located then poetry install.
3. Run the DB migrations via poetry poetry run python app/prestart.py (only required once) (Unix users can use the bash script if preferred).
4. Run the FastAPI server via poetry with the bash script: poetry run ./run.sh.
5. Open http://localhost:8001/.

To stop the server, press CTRL+C.

Run with Docker

Make sure you have Docker and Docker Compose installed.

1. Run docker-compose -f docker-compose.local.yml up -d (this will download the postgres image and build the image for the recipe app - takes about 5 mins).
2. Visit http://localhost:8001/docs.