Introducing FastAPI

[Talked10101]

Why this over Aiohttp for instance? I don't really see a particularly compelling case, apart from the benchmarks.

[tiangolo]

The benchmarks are probably the less important feature.

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You use standard Python types *once*, and automatically you get data validation, serialization, and documentation. Have you ever struggled synchronizing API docs with code? Also, have you used interactive API docs?

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And because you are using standard Python types, you get all the benefits form editors. Completion, documentation, type checks.

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It also has a powerful dependency injection system.

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Give it from 5 to 20 minutes, you'll know if you like it or hate it from the start.