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Project 2.5: FastAPI Application Scaffold

Create TaskFlow's backend API with FastAPI, health endpoints, Pydantic models, and comprehensive tests

120 minutes
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Lab Overview

🛠 Lab from the Platform Engineering Bootcamp. Used in Week 2. Bootcamp landing page: https://academy.tekanaid.com/bootcamps/platform-engineering-bootcamp Parent course(s):

  • Week 2: Linux Essentials for Platform Engineers (slug: linux-essentials-platform-engineers)

🟡 Beta bootcamp lab. Hands-on instructions, check scripts, and solve scripts are in place. Lab is part of the running TaskFlow project that grows across all 21 weeks of the bootcamp.

Create TaskFlow's backend API with FastAPI, health endpoints, and comprehensive tests

What You'll Learn

Scaffold a FastAPI application with a standard project structure and module layout

Implement health check and status endpoints following REST API conventions

Configure Pydantic models for request/response validation and documentation

Connect FastAPI to a PostgreSQL database using SQLAlchemy and Alembic migrations

Technologies Covered

platform-engineeringfastapipythonapi-developmenttesting

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