FastAPI: The Textbook (Edition 3, Advanced)
Design, secure and operate FastAPI services in production.
Edition 3 moves from a single service to a whole system. Twelve chapters, one capstone.
What you will learn
• Layered architecture: router, service, repository, database
• Asynchronous data access and the mistakes to avoid
• API contract design and consistent error shapes
• Refresh tokens, rotation and logout
• Scopes, roles and rate limiting
• Caching and conditional requests (ETags, 304, 412)
• WebSockets, events, background jobs and queues
• Observability, advanced testing, and hardening with CI/CD and containers
• A tested capstone: Bookshelf API v3
Inside the book
65 code listings · review questions and practice problems in every chapter · a full answer key · recap of Editions 1 and 2 · cheat sheet · production readiness checklist · troubleshooting notes · interview question bank · glossary and index
Who it is for
Backend developers who already ship FastAPI services and want to build them to production standard.
What you get
Instant PDF download of Edition 3 (Advanced).
Get the book and build services you can run for years.
What you'll get
- Layered architecture: router, service, repository, database.
- Async data access: avoid blocking calls and common async mistakes.
- API contract design: consistent request and error shapes.
- Sessions and logout: refresh tokens, rotation and revoking sessions.
- Scopes, roles, rate limits: fine-grained access control and per-client throttling.
- Caching and ETags: cache reads and use conditional requests (304, 412).
- Real time and jobs: WebSockets, events, background jobs and queues.
- Production-ready: observability, advanced testing, CI/CD, hardening and a v3 capstone.
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