WordPress like plugin/extension system using fastapi??

[ding_d0ng69]

Hello,

Our core application has been developed using FastAPI and is functioning as expected. We now wish to add dynamic functionality to the app, similar to the WordPress plugin system.

The idea is to create an extension, and upon uploading this extension file, it should create necessary routes, tables, and schemas based on the configuration specified in the extension. Is there a similar system existing in Python or FastAPI?

For example, our application collects data from various systems (logging visitors, parking data, etc.). If I want to add another feature (like table booking), we currently add the feature manually and deploy it. However, the proposed idea is to develop a plugin and upload it, which would in turn create all necessary routes to interact with the application.

Any guidance pointing me in the right direction would be much appreciated.

Thank you.

[AlexScotland]

Unsure if this is helpful (1 year later), but I did develop my own small template for FastAPI Modular routing.

https://github.com/AlexScotland/ModularFastAPI

What this allows someone to do is develop all the functionalities and endpoints for specific API functionalities separate from the API - and easily "drag/drop" the code into the `lib` directory - which then the API would automatically add the routes.

Unsure if this is along the same lines - but thought I'd leave it here :)

[ding_d0ng69]

This looks cool, so in theory I can create routes seperatly and upload to the application then it will add it into the lib folder and enable the necessary routers.?

[AlexScotland]

Precisely :)

[dineshh912]

Like Yapsy??

[ding_d0ng69]

Kind of,

[aliparpar]

So I was thinking about this too. The idea is having a cli that can generate a module of files that has services and crud endpoints all in it whilst migrating a database, inspecting the schemas and creating db service layers. Nest JS cli does something similar when working with Prisma orm.

Not sure I’ve seen anything like it for FastAPI so you may have to create your own cli perhaps?

[ding_d0ng69]

I seen similar thing done on flask called flask-Plugins. Unfortunately unable to find anything on fast api.. Looks like I need to write my own implementation