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FastAPI Cheat Sheet

Print-ready cheat sheet for FastAPI, organized for fast lookup, study, and desk-side use

Source
FastAPI Documentation (fastapi.tiangolo.com)
License
MIT
Variants
3 download options
Updated
2026-03-27

Sample

What's in this cheat sheet

Minimal App

from fastapi import FastAPI
app = FastAPI()

@app.get("/")
async def root():
    return {"message": "Hello, World!"}

Run the App

pip install "fastapi[standard]"
fastapi dev main.py    # dev with auto-reload
fastapi run main.py    # production

Key Features

Async nativeasync/await with ASGI (Uvicorn)
Auto docsSwagger UI at `/docs`, ReDoc at `/redoc`
Type validationPydantic models for request/response
OpenAPIAuto-generated OpenAPI schema
Dependency injectionBuilt-in DI system

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