Python API Development for Platform Tooling

🛠 Lab from the Platform Engineering Bootcamp. Used in Week 15. Bootcamp landing page: https://academy.tekanaid.com/bootcamps/platform-engineering-bootcamp Parent course(s):

• Week 15: Python for Platform Engineering: Part 2 (slug: python-platform-engineering-part-2)

The real TaskFlow backend (the same FastAPI app from `github.com/TeKanAid-Subscription/taskflow`) runs alongside your work in this lab: the infrastructure-management task adds a live status endpoint that queries it, and the async-operations task streams its real health over a WebSocket.

This comprehensive lab teaches you to build production-ready APIs for platform engineering using FastAPI. You'll cover RESTful API design, authentication, async operations, and infrastructure management endpoints, including a genuine integration with the running TaskFlow backend.

You'll learn to:

• Master FastAPI framework for building high-performance APIs
• Design RESTful APIs for infrastructure management
• Implement JWT authentication and role-based access control
• Build CRUD operations for platform resources
• Handle asynchronous operations and background tasks
• Implement comprehensive API documentation with OpenAPI/Swagger
• Create production-ready platform automation APIs

Key Technologies:

• FastAPI - Modern Python web framework
• SQLAlchemy - Database ORM
• Pydantic - Data validation
• JWT - Authentication tokens
• pytest - Testing framework