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🚀 RESTful API Design

📋 API Specification

openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  title: Task Management API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: Professional task management system

paths:
  /api/v1/tasks:
    get:
      summary: Get tasks with filtering and pagination
      parameters:
        - name: status
          in: query
          schema:
            type: string
            enum: [pending, completed, in_progress]
        - name: limit
          in: query
          schema:
            type: integer
            default: 20
            maximum: 100
      responses:
        200:
          description: Tasks retrieved successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: "#/components/schemas/Task"
                  meta:
                    $ref: "#/components/schemas/PaginationMeta"
    
    post:
      summary: Create new task
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: "#/components/schemas/CreateTaskRequest"
      responses:
        201:
          description: Task created successfully
        400:
          description: Validation error

components:
  schemas:
    Task:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
        title:
          type: string
        status:
          type: string
          enum: [pending, completed, in_progress]
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time

🔧 FastAPI Implementation

from fastapi import FastAPI, HTTPException, Depends, Query
from fastapi.security import HTTPBearer
from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
from typing import List, Optional
from datetime import datetime
from enum import Enum
import asyncio

app = FastAPI(
    title="Task Management API",
    version="1.0.0",
    description="Professional task management system"
)

# Security
security = HTTPBearer()

class TaskStatus(str, Enum):
    PENDING = "pending"
    IN_PROGRESS = "in_progress"
    COMPLETED = "completed"

class TaskBase(BaseModel):
    title: str = Field(..., min_length=1, max_length=200)
    description: Optional[str] = Field(None, max_length=1000)
    priority: int = Field(1, ge=1, le=5)

class TaskCreate(TaskBase):
    pass

class TaskResponse(TaskBase):
    id: int
    status: TaskStatus = TaskStatus.PENDING
    created_at: datetime
    updated_at: datetime
    
    class Config:
        from_attributes = True

class PaginationMeta(BaseModel):
    total: int
    page: int
    per_page: int
    has_next: bool

class TaskListResponse(BaseModel):
    data: List[TaskResponse]
    meta: PaginationMeta

# Dependency for authentication
async def get_current_user(token: str = Depends(security)):
    """Validate JWT token and return user."""
    # In real implementation, decode and validate JWT
    if not token.credentials:
        raise HTTPException(401, "Authentication required")
    return {"user_id": 1, "username": "john_doe"}

# Rate limiting dependency
async def rate_limit():
    """Simple rate limiting implementation."""
    await asyncio.sleep(0.01)  # Simulate rate limiting
    return True

@app.get("/api/v1/tasks", response_model=TaskListResponse)
async def get_tasks(
    status: Optional[TaskStatus] = None,
    limit: int = Query(20, le=100),
    offset: int = Query(0, ge=0),
    user=Depends(get_current_user),
    _=Depends(rate_limit)
):
    """Get tasks with filtering and pagination."""
    try:
        # Simulate database query
        tasks = []  # Would fetch from database
        total = 0   # Would count from database
        
        return TaskListResponse(
            data=tasks,
            meta=PaginationMeta(
                total=total,
                page=offset // limit + 1,
                per_page=limit,
                has_next=(offset + limit) < total
            )
        )
    except Exception as e:
        raise HTTPException(500, f"Internal server error: {{str(e)}}")

@app.post("/api/v1/tasks", response_model=TaskResponse, status_code=201)
async def create_task(
    task: TaskCreate,
    user=Depends(get_current_user),
    _=Depends(rate_limit)
):
    """Create a new task."""
    try:
        # Validate and create task
        new_task = TaskResponse(
            id=123,
            **task.model_dump(),
            status=TaskStatus.PENDING,
            created_at=datetime.now(),
            updated_at=datetime.now()
        )
        
        return new_task
        
    except ValueError as e:
        raise HTTPException(400, f"Validation error: {{str(e)}}")
    except Exception as e:
        raise HTTPException(500, f"Internal server error: {{str(e)}}")

@app.get("/api/v1/health")
async def health_check():
    """Health check endpoint."""
    return {"status": "ok", "timestamp": datetime.now()}

if __name__ == "__main__":
    import uvicorn
    uvicorn.run(app, host="0.0.0.0", port=8000)

🔒 Security Features

• JWT Authentication with Bearer tokens
• Input validation using Pydantic
• Rate limiting protection
• Comprehensive error handling
• CORS configuration

📖 API Documentation

Automatic interactive docs available at /docs and /redoc