--- title: Why FastAPI is a Future of Python Web Development description: FastAPI is a powerful and efficient Python web framework built on top of the Starlette framework. It offers fast performance, simple and easy-to-use API, easy... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/why-fastapi-is-a-future-of-python-web-development-heirgf5q8 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Why FastAPI is a Future of Python Web Development | daily.dev og:description: FastAPI is a powerful and efficient Python web framework built on top of the Starlette framework. It offers fast performance, simple and easy-to-use API, easy... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/why-fastapi-is-a-future-of-python-web-development-heirgf5q8 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/hEIRGF5Q8.png og:image:alt: Why FastAPI is a Future of Python Web Development og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Why FastAPI is a Future of Python Web Development **[gitconnected](https://daily.dev/sources/gc)** · 6 min read · 30 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary FastAPI is a powerful and efficient Python web framework built on top of the Starlette framework. It offers fast performance, simple and easy-to-use API, easy validation and serialization using Python's type hints, built-in documentation generation, ASGI support, and dependency injection. FastAPI is a modern and reliable choice for building high-performance APIs in Python. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#python](https://daily.dev/tags/python), [#fastapi](https://daily.dev/tags/fastapi) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/why-fastapi-is-a-future-of-python-web-development-heirgf5q8) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Why FastAPI is a Future of Python Web Development","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/why-fastapi-is-a-future-of-python-web-development-heirgf5q8","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/why-fastapi-is-a-future-of-python-web-development-heirgf5q8"},"datePublished":"2023-03-14T15:00:31.934Z","dateModified":"2024-04-15T13:17:46.242Z","description":"FastAPI is a powerful and efficient Python web framework built on top of the Starlette framework. It offers fast performance, simple and easy-to-use API, easy...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/9b95be4c4450f1bdd342b9f6543c539b?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/9b95be4c4450f1bdd342b9f6543c539b?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"gitconnected","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"gitconnected","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/gc","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/gc"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/why-fastapi-is-a-future-of-python-web-development-heirgf5q8","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":30},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"python,fastapi","timeRequired":"PT6M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"gitconnected","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/gc"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Why FastAPI is a Future of Python Web Development"}]} ```