CountAPI

This project is a clone of the functionality available at https://countapi.xyz/ implemented with Python using FastAPI and Redis. If you find this useful, consider donating to Mlomb, the creator of countapi.xyz

Documentation

Thanks to FastAPI there is swagger/OpenAPI doc endpoints included automatically and after deployment will be available at /docs and /redoc

Deployment

First clone the repo locally

git clone https://github.com/philip306/countapi.git

Install the prerequisites:

pip install -r /requirements.txt

Update config.py to point to your redis host/ip

redishost: str = 'redis'

Start Uvicorn:

uvicorn app.main:app --port 8000

Navigate to http://127.0.0.1:8000 in a browser

Docker

First clone the repo locally

git clone https://github.com/philip306/countapi.git

Update config.py to point to your redis host/ip

redishost: str = 'redis'

From within the count api directory build the docker image

docker build -t countapi:0.1 .

Run the image you just created

docker run -p 8000:8000 --detach --name countapi countapi:0.1

Navigate to http://127.0.0.1:8000 in a browser

Docker Compose

Using docker-compose will using the deployment outlined in docker-compose.yml which will deploy a second container with a standard redis image

First clone the repo locally

git clone https://github.com/philip306/countapi.git

Update config.py to point to your redis host/ip

redishost: str = 'redis'

From within the count api directory build the docker image

docker build -t countapi:0.1 .

Launch two separate containers with a redis image and a countapi image you just created

docker-compose up

Navigate to http://127.0.0.1:8000 in a browser

AWS Lambda and Elasticache

Coming soon

Testing

pytest will execute the tests outlined in tests/test_main.py. Currently very low coverage.

Known Issues

Currently there is no TTL set on the keys, so the key will exist indefinitely. You can clean them up manually if needed with redis-cli> flushdb