Installation and Configuration of Python and fastAPI for a Project in Visual Studio Code

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You must have Ubuntu installed on Windows and a project created in Visual Studio Code beforehand. Here are the following helpful links:

Install Ubuntu on Windows

Create project in Visual Studio using commands in Ubuntu

In the Visual Studio Code terminal, install Python3 as shown below:

sudo apt install python3-pip

To check the installed Python version, use the following command:

sudo pip3 --version

Install uvicorn with minimal pure dependencies for Python:

sudo pip install uvicorn[standard]

Create a .py file to perform a small test and see if it works:

from fastapi import FastAPI

devCodeLight = FastAPI()

@devCodeLight.get("/")
async def get_prueba():
    return [{"prueba": "devCodeLight"}]

To run it, enter the following in the terminal:

I hope this helps. Have a great day!