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Introduction to FastAPI

Skill Level
Fundamentals
Duration 15 hours 30 minutes
Updated May 25, 2026

About this learning path

Build production-ready APIs with FastAPI — a four-part series covering everything from first endpoints to scalable async architecture. You'll progress from setting up your environment and handling path/query parameters, to structuring data with Pydantic models, and finally leveraging Python's async concurrency to keep your API responsive under real-world load. Hands-on labs reinforce every concept.

Your instructors

Jeff AndiorioWorld Wide TechnologyPrincipal Solutions Arch, ATC

Prerequisites

  1. Basic Python programming experience
  2. Familiarity with HTTP concepts (GET, POST, request/response)

What you'll learn

  1. How to set up a FastAPI project and create your first API endpoint
  2. How to use path and query parameters to accept input from API clients
  3. How to apply Python type hints for automatic input validation and documentation
  4. How to structure request and response payloads using Pydantic models
  5. How to use async/await to build concurrent, high-performance APIs
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Introduction to FastAPI
  1. 1. FastAPI - Getting Started
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  2. 2. FastAPI - Parameters and Type Hints
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  3. 3. FastAPI - Structuring Requests and Responses with Pydantic
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  4. 4. FastAPI - Concurrency for Scalability
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