Build a URL Shortener With FastAPI and Python
In this tutorial, you’ll build a URL shortener with Python and FastAPI.
URLs can be extremely long and not user-friendly.
This is where a URL shortener can come in handy.
A URL shortener reduces the number of characters in a URL, making it easier to read, remember, and share.
By following this step-by-step project, you’ll build a URL shortener with Python and FastAPI.
At the end of this tutorial, you’ll have a fully functional API-driven web app that creates shortened URLs that forward to target URLs.
This URL shortener project is for intermediate Python programmers who want to try out FastAPI and learn about API design, CRUD, and interaction with a database.
To follow along, it’ll help if you’re familiar with the