Generic REST API Service

This is a FastAPI application that provides a simple generic REST API service with CRUD operations for an "Item" resource.

Features

• FastAPI-based RESTful API
• SQLite database with SQLAlchemy ORM
• Alembic for database migrations
• Pydantic for data validation
• Comprehensive CRUD operations
• Health check endpoint
• Automatic OpenAPI documentation

Project Structure

├── alembic/                  # Database migration files
│   ├── versions/             # Migration version scripts
│   ├── env.py                # Alembic environment configuration
│   └── script.py.mako        # Migration script template
├── app/                      # Application package
│   ├── api/                  # API routes
│   │   ├── endpoints/        # API endpoint modules
│   │   ├── api.py            # API router setup
│   │   └── deps.py           # Dependency injection functions
│   ├── core/                 # Core application modules
│   │   └── config.py         # Application configuration
│   ├── crud/                 # CRUD operation modules
│   │   ├── base.py           # Base CRUD operations
│   │   └── crud_item.py      # Item-specific CRUD operations
│   ├── db/                   # Database modules
│   │   ├── base.py           # Import all models
│   │   ├── base_class.py     # Base model class
│   │   ├── init_db.py        # Database initialization
│   │   └── session.py        # DB session setup
│   ├── models/               # SQLAlchemy models
│   │   └── item.py           # Item model
│   └── schemas/              # Pydantic schemas
│       └── item.py           # Item schema
├── alembic.ini               # Alembic configuration
├── main.py                   # Application entry point
└── requirements.txt          # Project dependencies

Setup and Installation

1. Clone the repository:

git clone <repository-url>
cd generic-rest-api-service

2. Create and activate a virtual environment (optional, but recommended):

python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: venv\\Scripts\\activate

3. Install dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Run database migrations:

alembic upgrade head

5. Start the application:

uvicorn main:app --reload

The application will be available at http://127.0.0.1:8000.

API Documentation

Once the application is running, you can access the automatically generated API documentation:

• Swagger UI: http://127.0.0.1:8000/docs
• ReDoc: http://127.0.0.1:8000/redoc

API Endpoints

Health Check

• GET /api/v1/health: Check if the service is healthy

Items

• GET /api/v1/items: List all items
  • Query parameters:
    • skip: Number of items to skip (default: 0)
    • limit: Maximum number of items to return (default: 100)
    • active_only: If true, return only active items (default: false)
• POST /api/v1/items: Create a new item
• GET /api/v1/items/{id}: Get a specific item by ID
• PUT /api/v1/items/{id}: Update a specific item
• DELETE /api/v1/items/{id}: Delete a specific item (returns 204 No Content)

Development

Running Tests

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