This is not the official Visual Studio Code extension. This is a community-created extension that provides useful code snippets for FastAPI development. This extension helps you write FastAPI code faster with ready-to-use snippets for common patterns and structures.
Features
Basic FastAPI application setup
HTTP method endpoints (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE)
Pydantic models
Dependencies
Error handlers
Middleware
Database session setup
And more!
Installation
Open VS Code
Go to the Extensions view (Ctrl+Shift+X)
Search for "FastAPI Snippets"
Click Install
Usage
Type the prefix of the snippet you want to use and press Tab or Enter to insert it. Here are the available snippets:
Prefix
Description
fastapi-app
Create a basic FastAPI application
fastapi-get
Create a GET endpoint
fastapi-post
Create a POST endpoint
fastapi-put
Create a PUT endpoint
fastapi-delete
Create a DELETE endpoint
fastapi-model
Create a Pydantic model
fastapi-dep
Create a FastAPI dependency
fastapi-error
Create an exception handler
fastapi-middleware
Create a custom middleware
fastapi-db
Set up database session with SQLAlchemy
fastapi-query
Create an endpoint with query parameters
fastapi-path
Create an endpoint with path parameters
fastapi-form
Create an endpoint that accepts form data
fastapi-upload
Create an endpoint for file uploads
fastapi-oauth2
Set up OAuth2 password bearer authentication
fastapi-cors
Add CORS middleware to your FastAPI application
fastapi-bg
Create an endpoint with background tasks
fastapi-ws
Create a WebSocket endpoint
fastapi-response
Create an endpoint with custom response model and headers
