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Folasayo Samuel Olayemi @samuelfolasayo

Building A Python Microservice With FastAPI

Building a Python microservice with FastAPI to return random African countries in 6 steps, following best practices for scalability and maintainability.

Building Python microservices is easier and faster with modern frameworks like FastAPI.
In this guide, we’ll walk through creating a Python microservice that returns a list of 10 random African countries using FastAPI. By the end of this tutorial, you’ll have a fully functional microservice that can return data about African countries, following best practices for scalable and maintainable code.

  
  
  Step-by-Step Guide to Build the FastAPI Microservice

  
  
  1. Setting up the Environment

To begin, ensure you have Python installed on your machine. Instead of installing dependencies glob...