Building a Simple Data Ingestion API with FastAPI

Building a simple data ingestion API using FastAPI. The idea is simple: • Upload a dataset (CSV) • Parse it using pandas • Automatically inspect columns • Return metadata like data types and missing values It’s interesting how quickly useful APIs can be built with FastAPI. Next step: adding querying and simple data exploration endpoints. Learning by building. #Python #FastAPI #BackendDevelopment #DataEngineering #BuildInPublic

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quick breakdown of what the api is doing behind the scenes: 1. when a csv is uploaded, fastapi receives the file through an /upload endpoint. 2. the file is passed to pandas, which reads it into a dataframe. 3. the api then inspects every column in the dataset and extracts: column name data type number of missing values 4. this metadata is returned as a json response so the frontend or another service can understand the dataset structure instantly.

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