In this two-part series on API authentication, Tim from @TechWithTim explains how to create an authenticated API using Python and Fast API. In this first episode, we show how to set up a FastAPI project and use tokens to authenticate users. Don't forget to subscribe to see the second video in this series.

Chapter:
0:00 – Introduction
1:58 – Installing Python packages
4:36 – FastAPI import and project setup
7:08 – Accessing the FastAPI documentation
8:48 – Using query and path parameters
11:03 – How to accept API requests
13:30 – Setting up API user authentication
19:36 – Hashing and authentication of passwords
26:30 – Creating an access token based on credentials
33:50 – Writing a token root
40:51 – Testing token authorization
45:31 – Conclusion

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