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Developed bySebastián Ramirez
Founded2018
LicenseMIT License
Open source✓ Open Source
Use casebuilding APIs with Python
Technical
API compatible
OpenAPI
Protocols
OpenAPIJSON SchemaASGIWebSocket
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FlaskDjango REST Framework
Based onPydantic
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FastAPI

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Modern high-performance Python web framework for building APIs

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open source

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supports protocol

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primary use case

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license type

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MIT License○UnverifiedHighFresh1

based on

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integrates with

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developed by

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api compatible with

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OpenAPI○UnverifiedHighFresh1

requires

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Python 3.7+○UnverifiedHighFresh1

alternative to

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built on

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first released

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2018○UnverifiedHighFresh1

created by

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founded year

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