FastAPI from Zero: The Textbook (Edition 1, Basics)
Build your first real API with Python, even if you have never built one.
FastAPI from Zero is a step-by-step textbook. Nine chapters take you from "what is an API?" to a finished, tested project.
What you will learn
• HTTP, JSON and status codes in plain English
• Setting up: virtual environments, installing, running, the interactive docs
• Python foundations: type hints, classes, enums, async/await
• Routing with path and query parameters, and APIRouter
• Pydantic models and validation, including how to read a 422 error
• Responses, status codes and custom exception handlers
• Dependencies: reusable logic with yield cleanup
• A capstone: build the Bookshelf API from scratch
Inside the book
51 code listings you can type and run · review questions and practice problems in every chapter · a full answer key · syntax cheat sheet · HTTP status code reference · troubleshooting guide · four-week study plan · glossary and index
Who it is for
Students, career changers and developers with basic Python who want a clear path into backend development.
What you get
Instant PDF download of Edition 1 (Basics).
Part of a three-book series. Edition 2 covers databases, authentication, testing and deployment. Edition 3 covers architecture, security and production operations.
Get the book and build your first API today.
What you'll get
- HTTP in plain English: requests, responses, JSON and status codes.
- Set up properly: virtual environments, installing, running and the interactive docs.
- Python foundations: type hints, classes, enums and async/await.
- Routing: path and query parameters, plus APIRouter.
- Pydantic and validation: request bodies, nested models, Field and custom validators.
- Responses and errors: response_model, status codes and custom exception handlers.
- Dependencies: reusable logic, classes as dependencies, cleanup with yield.
- Capstone and answers: build the Bookshelf API and check every exercise against the answer key.
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