This is a blog API with authentication, postings [CRUD], and the ability to vote on a post.

These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and running on your local machine.

1. Git clone or download the project files.

git clone https://github.com/hazzillrodriguez/blog-fastapi.git && cd blog-fastapi

2. Create and activate the virtual environment, then install the requirements.

python -m venv env
source env/Scripts/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Create .env file and set the environment variables.

DB_USERNAME=your_db_username
DB_PASSWORD=your_db_password
DB_HOST=localhost
DB_PORT=5432
DB_NAME=name_of_your_database_here

SECRET_KEY=your_secret_key_here
ALGORITHM=HS256
ACCESS_TOKEN_EXPIRE_MINUTES=60

4. Start Postgres and create a database with the same name as your DB_NAME.

5. Start the development server.

uvicorn app.main:app --reload

This project contains a Swagger UI.

To view this API's Swagger UI, run this application, then navigate to http://localhost:8000/docs.
You can test out this API entirely from the Swagger UI page.

To run all the tests at once, use the command:

pytest -v

Hazzill Rodriguez — LinkedIn — [email protected]

• Sanjeev Thiyagarajan — Python API Development Course