Show HN: A CLI for creating FastAPI/React/Typescript Services w/ DB support

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2 years ago

The concept behind fastapi-gen is to streamline backend and frontend service generation by utilizing a configuration file to define service and model specifications. With this tool, you can effortlessly generate a service backend and frontend, serving as a robust template for further development. The generated services will include code the following components:

* Database: Postgres / MySQL / MongoDB * Using SQLAlchemy / Alembic we can manage the database from code when choosing Postgres or MySQL * MongoDB works well for more unstructured use cases * Backend: FastAPI / Pydantic * Synchronous + Asynchronous endpoints for each data model type * Frontend: React / TypeScript * Generated pages for each data model * Automatic setup of Typescript client to hit the backend service

Moreover, fastapi-gen provides additional generated code such as:

* OpenAPI clients for the frontend code, with an extra client for any Python code that may need to interact with the backend API * Dockerfiles to facilitate running the project using Docker containers * Basic README.md files for each component

Eager to hear your feedback and thoughts on this project.

While I'm aware of similar tools in the ecosystem, I'm committed to evolving fastapi-gen to stand out by implementing the following enhancements:

* Publishing fastapi-gen on PyPI (pip) once more extensive testing is completed * Adding more complex frontend components * Integrating support for Celery / Rabbit MQ * Integrating support for Redis

Your suggestions and contributions are invaluable as we strive to make fastapi-gen a versatile and powerful tool for service generation. Thank you for your interest and support!

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