Build a solid foundation for your AI cooking assistant with a modular FastAPI app. Learn how to wire APIRouter, Pydantic schemas, and SQLAlchemy models for recipes, ingredients, and reviews. Set up SQLite, enable CORS, serve static files, and create a clean, scalable, production-ready backend.
Overview
Syllabus
- Unit 1: Getting Started with FastAPI
- Create FastAPI Application Factory
- Configure SQLAlchemy Database for FastAPI Application
- Connect FastAPI to SQLAlchemy Database
- Access Static Files in your Application
- Including FastAPI Routers
- Adding CORS to the FastAPI Application
- Unit 2: Designing Database Models
- Create Ingredient Model
- Create Recipe Model with SQLAlchemy
- Implementing Many-to-Many Relationships Between Recipes and Ingredients
- Creating Recipe Review Model with SQLAlchemy
- Adding Database Session Management Utilities
- Unit 3: Resetting Your Database
- Complete Database Reset Script Imports
- Adding Safety Confirmation to Database Reset Script
- Making the Database Reset Script more robust
- Fix Database Reset Deletion Order
- Adding Entry-Point Guard to Database Reset Script
- Unit 4: Manual Recipe Entry
- Fix Import Path Typo in Python Script
- Implement Recipe Name Input with Validation
- Implement Interactive Ingredient Collection Function
- Implement Recipe Steps Collection Function
- Implement Recipe Database Persistence
- Add Recipe Duplicate Detection Logic