FastAPI with Django ORM

kigawas kigawas Last update: Feb 29, 2024

fastapi-django

FastAPI with Django ORM

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Directory hierarchy

$ tree -L 3 -I '__pycache__|.venv|staticfiles' -P '*.py'
.
├── manage.py
├── mysite
│   ├── __init__.py
│   ├── asgi.py
│   ├── settings.py
│   ├── urls.py
│   └── wsgi.py
└── polls
    ├── __init__.py
    ├── adapters
    │   └── __init__.py
    ├── admin.py
    ├── apps.py
    ├── migrations
    │   ├── 0001_initial.py
    │   └── __init__.py
    ├── models
    │   └── __init__.py
    ├── routers
    │   ├── __init__.py
    │   ├── choices.py
    │   └── questions.py
    ├── schemas
    │   └── __init__.py
    └── tests.py

7 directories, 18 files
  • models: Django ORMs
  • routers: FastAPI routers
  • schemas: Pydantic models
  • adapters: Converting Django ORMs to Pydantic models

Installation

poetry install

Before the first run

Migration

./manage.py migrate

Data insertion

./manage.py shell
>>> from polls.models import Choice, Question
>>> from django.utils import timezone
>>> q = Question(question_text="What's new?", pub_date=timezone.now())
>>> q.save()

Run

$ uvicorn mysite.asgi:fastapp --reload
...
$ ./manage.py collectstatic --noinput  # generate static files for django admin
...
$ uvicorn mysite.asgi:application --port 8001 --reload  # Django
...
$ curl http://localhost:8000/question/
{"items":[{"question_text":"What's new?","pub_date":"2021-03-29T04:18:54.724432+00:00"}]}%

Mount Django asgi application

# in mysite/settings.py

MOUNT_DJANGO_APP = True

Then http://localhost:8000/django/admin

Tools

FastAPI doc

http://localhost:8000/docs

Django admin

http://localhost:8001/admin

Pre-commit hook

pre-commit install
pre-commit run --all-files
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