I self-studied a modern Python web development stack (FastAPI, SQLAlchemy, Alembic, Pydantic, Pytest, and GitHub Actions) in an intensive seven-day period and built a ToDo REST API project to demonstrate my skills.
Despite having no formal industry experience, I have completed this case project and undertaken freelance development work.
I am passionate about backend development and continuously learning to improve my skills.

Project Title: ToDo REST API

Objective: Develop a complete RESTful API for managing a to-do list, demonstrating proficiency in backend development and best practices.

Architecture: The project uses a modular architecture with separate modules for database models, API routes, and data schemas. It includes SQLAlchemy models for database interactions, Pydantic schemas for input/output validation, and Alembic for database migrations.

Tech Stack: FastAPI (web framework), SQLAlchemy (ORM), Alembic (database migrations), Pydantic (data validation), Pytest (testing), Git & GitHub Actions (version control and CI/CD).

Key Components: CRUD API endpoints for task management, proper data validation and error handling, database migrations, and automated tests.

Name: Danil Barutov
Email: barutovdg@gmail.com
Telegram: @daniel_papo
GitHub: github.com/danilbarutov

• ✅ CRUD operations for tasks
• 🗄️ SQLAlchemy ORM with migration support
• 📚 Automatic API documentation (Swagger/ReDoc)
• 🗄️ SQLAlchemy ORM with migration support

• FastAPI - a modern web framework for Python
• SQLAlchemy - ORM for working with the database
• Alembic - migration system
• Pydantic - data validation
• Pytest - testing
• SQLite - database (can be replaced with PostgreSQL)

• Python 3.9+
• pip

1. Clone the repository:

git clone <repository-url>
cd todo-api

2. Create a virtual environment: ``bash python -m venv venv source venv/bin/activate # Linux/Mac

venv\Scripts\activate # Windows

3. **Install dependencies:**
```bash
pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Configure the environment variables:

cp .env.example .env
# Edit it .env file if necessary
``

5. **Start migrations:**
```bash
alembic upgrade head

6. Start the server:

uvicorn app.main:app --reload

The API will be available at: http://localhost:8000

After starting the server, the documentation is available at the following addresses:

• Swagger UI: http://localhost:8000/docs
• ReDoc: http://localhost:8000/redoc

pytest tests/ -v

pytest tests/ -v --cov=app --cov-report=html

curl -X POST "http://localhost:8000/tasks/" \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -d '{
       "title": "Explore FastAPI",
"description": "Explore documentation and create the first project",
       "is_completed": false
     }'

curl -X GET "http://localhost:8000/tasks/"

curl -X GET "http://localhost:8000/tasks/1"

curl -X PUT "http://localhost:8000/tasks/1" \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -d '{
       "title": "Explore FastAPI (updated)",
       "is_completed": true
     }'

curl -X DELETE "http://localhost:8000/tasks/1"

todo-api/
├── app/
│   ├── __init__.py
│   ├── main.py # Application Entry Point
│   ├── models.py # SQLAlchemy models
│   ├── schemas.py # Pydantic schemes
│   ├── crud.py # CRUD operations
│   ├── routes.py        # API endpoints
│   └── database.py # Database Configuration
├── alembic/ # Database migrations
├── tests/               # Tests
,──__
init__.py ,── conftest.py # Pytest configuration
,── test_tasks.py # Tests for tasks
├── .github/workflows/ # CI/CD
├── requirements.txt # Dependencies
├── .env.example # Example of environment variables
,── alembic.ini # Alembic configuration
,── README.md # Documentation

If you have any questions or concerns, create an issue in the repository.

Author: Danil Barutov
Version: 1.0.0
Date: 2025