fastapi-maker 0.2.2

A CLI tool to scaffold FastAPI projects and modules (work in progress).

fastapi-maker

🚀 FastAPI project scaffolding CLI – Generate production-ready CRUD modules in seconds with explicit field requirements, realistic examples, and clean offline Swagger documentation.

A powerful command-line tool to bootstrap and scale FastAPI applications with a clean, maintainable architecture:

• Auto-generated SQLAlchemy models with id, created_at, updated_at, and custom fields
• Pydantic v2 DTOs (Create, Update, Response) with accurate type hints and validation
• Repository + Service pattern for separation of concerns
• Routers auto-registered in main.py with clean path parameters
• Alembic pre-configured with models auto-imported
• Offline API Documentation with Swagger UI and ReDoc (no CDN required)
• Environment management via .env for example:

import os
from dotenv import load_dotenv

load_dotenv()

DATABASE_URL = os.getenv("DATABASE_URL", "sqlite:///./app.db")

• Self-documenting OpenAPI specs with clear required/optional field indicators

Perfect for rapid prototyping, MVP development, or enforcing consistent structure across engineering teams.

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✨ Features

Core Commands

• fam init → Initialize a new FastAPI project with database, Alembic, CORS, logging, and offline documentation
• fam create <entity> [fields...] → Generate a full CRUD module with customizable fields
• fam migrate [-m "message"] → Auto-generate and apply database migrations with Alembic

🛡️ Offline API Documentation

• Zero CDN dependencies - All Swagger UI and ReDoc assets served locally
• Privacy-focused - No external network requests for documentation
• Fast loading - Documentation works without internet connection
• Customizable - Easy to configure themes and favicons
• Powered by fastapi-standalone-docs - Visit for advanced configuration options

Smart Field Definition Syntax

Define required vs optional fields using intuitive syntax:

fam create user *name:str email:str age:int is_active:bool

• *name:str → required field (name must be provided)
• email:str → optional field (email can be omitted)

Supported Field Types

Type	SQL Type	Pydantic Type	Example Value
str	String(255)	str	"John Doe"
text	Text	str	"A detailed description…"
int	Integer	int	42
bigint	BigInteger	int	9007199254740991
float	Float	float	3.14
bool	Boolean	bool	true
date	Date	date	"2023-10-05"
datetime	DateTime	datetime	"2023-10-05T14:30:00"
email	String(255)	str	"[e-mail]"
url	String(255)	str	"https://example.com"

Auto-Generated Module Structure

app/api/user/
├── user_model.py        # SQLAlchemy ORM model with nullable rules
├── user_repository.py   # CRUD database operations
├── user_service.py      # Business logic and DTO mapping
├── user_router.py       # FastAPI routes (auto-registered in main.py)
└── dto/
    ├── user_in_dto.py   # Input validation (Create)
    ├── user_update_dto.py # Partial updates (Patch)
    └── user_out_dto.py  # API responses (with id, created_at, updated_at)

Production-Ready Swagger (OpenAPI) Docs

• Clean route display: /users/{user_id} instead of /users/user_id
• Clear field requirements: POST endpoint description lists Required and Optional fields
• Realistic examples: Type-specific values ("[e-mail]", 42, true) instead of generic placeholders
• Full visibility: All fields appear in schema documentation, even optional ones
• Accurate nullability: Optional fields correctly marked as nullable in responses
• Offline functionality: Documentation works completely offline using local assets

Database Support & Migrations

• Multi-database support: SQLite, PostgreSQL, and MySQL
• Auto-database creation: Automatically creates database if it doesn't exist
• Smart migrations: Alembic configured with environment-based settings
• SQLite compatibility: Proper handling of autoincrement primary keys

Safe Data Handling

• OutDTOs accept None for optional fields → prevents validation errors when DB returns NULL
• Always includes datetime import in OutDTOs for created_at/updated_at
• Parameter name consistency → no more NameError: name 'xxx_data' is not defined

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📦 Installation

pip install fastapi-maker

🚀 Quick Start

# Initialize a new project with offline documentation
fam init

# Create a User entity with required name and optional fields
fam create user *name:str email:str age:int is_active:bool

# Create an Animal entity with only a required name
fam create animal *name:str

# Run database migrations (auto-creates database if needed)
fam migrate -m "Add user and animal tables"

# Start your FastAPI app with offline documentation
python3 -m app.main

Then visit http://localhost:8000/docs to see your auto-generated, fully-documented API - completely offline!

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🔧 Advanced Configuration

Offline Documentation Customization

The generated project uses fastapi-standalone-docs for offline documentation. You can customize it in app/main.py:

from fastapi_standalone_docs import StandaloneDocs

app = FastAPI()

# Basic configuration (included by default)
StandaloneDocs(app=app)

# Advanced configuration
StandaloneDocs(
    app=app,
    redoc_favicon_url="/custom-favicon.png",  # Custom favicon
    swagger_favicon_url="/custom-favicon.png",
    with_google_fonts=True,  # Enable Google Fonts (disabled by default)
)

Database Configuration

Supported database URLs in your .env file:

# SQLite (default)
DATABASE_URL=sqlite:///./app.db

# PostgreSQL
DATABASE_URL=postgresql://user:password@localhost:5432/mydatabase

# MySQL
DATABASE_URL=mysql://user:password@localhost:3306/mydatabase

🎯 Use Cases

• Rapid Prototyping: Go from idea to working API in minutes
• MVP Development: Perfect for startups and hackathons
• Team Consistency: Enforce clean architecture across engineering teams
• Learning FastAPI: Excellent for understanding FastAPI best practices
• Production APIs: Solid foundation for scalable applications

🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions! Feel free to:

• Report bugs and suggest features
• Submit pull requests
• Improve documentation
• Share your use cases

📄 License

MIT License - feel free to use in commercial projects.

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💡 Pro Tip: Use * prefix to mark fields as required — everything else is optional by default. Your API consumers will thank you for the clarity!

🌐 Documentation Note: Your API docs work completely offline thanks to fastapi-standalone-docs. Perfect for development in restricted environments or when privacy matters!