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FastAPI and the Dapr CLI - DaprCon Demo

This sample shows how to daper-ize a Python Web API. It makes use of the dapr CLI command to interact with the locally running application.

Requirements

You'll need to have the follow installed to propperly run the demo.

• Visual Studio Code
• Python

Spinning up the environment

Run these commands in the demo2 root directory. First, you'll create a virtual environment for the workspace.

> python -m venv .venv 

Once this is complete, activate virtual environment. If you're using VS Code with the python extension installed, it usually prompts you to activate the environment for you.

> . .venv/bin/activate

Run the following commands to upgrade pip and install FastAI

> python -m pip install --upgrade pip
> python -m pip install 'fastapi[all]' # quotes for zsh users

Running the application without Dapr

> python main.py

Running the application using the Dapr CLI

dapr run --app-id api --app-port 8000 --dapr-http-port 3500 python main.py

Making API requests

Sample requests have been provided in the httprequests folder that work with the REST Client for VS Code, but you can use any client you like such as cURL.