Free · Python Required · Backend Developers

API Development.
5 Days. Ship an AI API.

Every AI application needs a backend API. This course shows you how to build one with FastAPI — AI endpoints, auth, rate limiting, and production deployment.

Free forever · No credit card · No experience needed

main.py
from fastapi import FastAPI
import anthropic

app = FastAPI()
client = anthropic.Anthropic()

@app.post("/summarize")
async def summarize(text: str):
    resp = client.messages.create(
        model="claude-opus-4-5",
        max_tokens=512,
        messages=[{"role":"user",
                   "content":f"Summarize: {text}"}]
    )
    return {"summary": resp.content[0].text}
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Days to Deploy
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Cost Forever
FastAPI
Modern Python
1
Live API

Free 5-day course on building AI-powered APIs with FastAPI. Build REST endpoints...

FastAPI Is the Right Choice

The most modern Python web framework. Type hints, auto docs, async support, and 300% faster than Flask. Industry standard for AI backends.

AI-First Design

Every endpoint has an AI component: summarize, classify, extract, generate. Not a generic REST course adapted for AI.

Deployed by Day 5

Your API goes live at a real URL, documented with Swagger UI, ready for frontend developers to use.

5 days. Real skills. You ship something.

Each day is 60–90 minutes. Self-paced. Start anytime.

1
Day

What APIs Are and Why AI Needs Them

HTTP, JSON, REST principles. Why AI apps need a backend API instead of calling AI models directly from the frontend.

~60 minConceptsREST
2
Day

Build Your First API with FastAPI

Install FastAPI, write your first endpoints, path parameters, request bodies. Auto-generated Swagger docs.

~75 minFastAPIEndpoints
3
Day

Add AI Endpoints — Summarize, Extract, Classify

POST /summarize, POST /extract-entities, POST /classify. Full implementation with the Claude API.

~90 minAI EndpointsClaude API
4
Day

Authentication, Rate Limiting, Error Handling

API keys, JWT tokens, rate limiting, proper HTTP error codes, request validation. Production-grade patterns.

~90 minAuthRate Limiting
5
Day

Deploy and Document Your API

Deploy to Railway. Configure environment variables. Auto-generate OpenAPI docs. Monitor with health checks.

~75 minDeployDocumentation

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Common questions

What Python experience do I need?

Understand Python basics — functions, dicts, classes. The course explains FastAPI-specific patterns from scratch.

Is FastAPI hard to learn?

It is the easiest Python web framework. If you know Python, you will pick it up on Day 2.

What does deploying cost?

Railway has a free tier sufficient for this course. Anthropic includes free credits for new accounts.

Is this really free?

Yes. All 5 days, forever.