🚀 APIFromAnything

Transform Python functions into powerful API endpoints with minimal code changes

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🔍 Overview

APIFromAnything is a powerful Python framework that transforms regular Python functions into fully-featured API endpoints with minimal code changes. It's designed to simplify API development while providing enterprise-grade features like middleware support, security, performance optimizations, and monitoring.

Whether you're building a simple microservice or a complex API backend, APIFromAnything provides the tools you need to get up and running quickly without sacrificing flexibility or performance.

✨ Key Features

Core Functionality

• 🔄 Simple API Creation: Transform any Python function into an API endpoint with a single decorator
• ⚡ Full Async Support: Native support for async/await throughout the entire framework
• 🧩 Extensible Architecture: Modular design allows for easy customization and extension

Middleware & Processing

• 🔄 Middleware System: Comprehensive middleware architecture for request/response processing
• 🔄 Request/Response Hooks: Customize request handling and response generation
• 📦 Content Negotiation: Automatic content type negotiation and serialization

Security Features

• 🔒 Authentication: JWT, API key, Basic auth, OAuth2 support built-in
• 🛡️ Protection: CORS, CSRF, XSS protection mechanisms
• 🔐 Security Headers: CSP, HSTS, and other security headers
• 🔍 Rate Limiting: Configurable rate limiting to prevent abuse

Performance Optimizations

• ⚡ Caching: Multi-level caching system (memory, Redis, file)
• 🔌 Connection Pooling: Efficient database and HTTP connection management
• 🔄 Request Coalescing: Combine duplicate requests to reduce load
• 📦 Batch Processing: Process multiple requests efficiently

Documentation & Monitoring

• 📚 API Docs: Automatic OpenAPI documentation generation
• 📊 Metrics: Built-in metrics collection with Prometheus integration
• 📈 Monitoring: Grafana dashboards for visualization
• 🚨 Alerting: Pre-configured alerts for common issues

📥 Installation

Using pip (Recommended)

pip install apifrom

Using Poetry

poetry add apifrom

From Source

git clone https://github.com/sc4rfurry/apifrom.git
cd apifrom
pip install -e .

🚀 Quick Start

Basic API

from apifrom import API

app = API()

@app.api("/hello/{name}")
def hello(name: str):
    return {"message": f"Hello, {name}!"}

if __name__ == "__main__":
    app.run()

Async API

from apifrom import API

app = API()

@app.api("/hello/{name}")
async def hello(name: str):
    # Async operations can be performed here
    return {"message": f"Hello, {name}!"}

if __name__ == "__main__":
    app.run()

With Middleware

from apifrom import API
from apifrom.middleware import CORSMiddleware, LoggingMiddleware

app = API()

# Add middleware
app.add_middleware(CORSMiddleware, allow_origins=["*"])
app.add_middleware(LoggingMiddleware)

@app.api("/hello/{name}")
async def hello(name: str):
    return {"message": f"Hello, {name}!"}

if __name__ == "__main__":
    app.run()

📝 Examples

RESTful API

from apifrom import API
from apifrom.security import JWTAuth

app = API()
auth = JWTAuth(secret_key="your-secret-key")

# User database (in-memory for example)
users = {}

@app.api("/users", methods=["POST"])
async def create_user(username: str, email: str, password: str):
    user_id = len(users) + 1
    users[user_id] = {"id": user_id, "username": username, "email": email}
    return {"id": user_id, "username": username, "email": email}

@app.api("/users/{user_id}", methods=["GET"])
@auth.requires_auth
async def get_user(user_id: int):
    if user_id not in users:
        return {"error": "User not found"}, 404
    return users[user_id]

@app.api("/users", methods=["GET"])
@auth.requires_auth
async def list_users():
    return list(users.values())

if __name__ == "__main__":
    app.run()

With Caching

from apifrom import API
from apifrom.cache import MemoryCache

app = API()
cache = MemoryCache()

@app.api("/expensive-operation")
@cache.cached(ttl=300)  # Cache for 5 minutes
async def expensive_operation():
    # Simulate expensive operation
    import time
    time.sleep(2)
    return {"result": "This was expensive to calculate"}

if __name__ == "__main__":
    app.run()

With Database

from apifrom import API
from apifrom.db import Database

app = API()
db = Database("sqlite:///app.db")

@app.api("/posts", methods=["GET"])
async def get_posts():
    async with db.connection() as conn:
        posts = await conn.fetch("SELECT * FROM posts")
    return {"posts": posts}

@app.api("/posts", methods=["POST"])
async def create_post(title: str, content: str):
    async with db.connection() as conn:
        post_id = await conn.execute(
            "INSERT INTO posts (title, content) VALUES (?, ?)",
            title, content
        )
    return {"id": post_id, "title": title, "content": content}

if __name__ == "__main__":
    app.run()

Example Directory

The project includes a comprehensive set of examples in the examples/ directory:

Example	Description
simple_api.py	Basic API with simple endpoints
async_api.py	Demonstrates async/await functionality
combined_example.py	Comprehensive example with multiple features
security_api.py	Shows various security features
web_decorator_example_updated.py	Demonstrates the web decorator for HTML endpoints
database_api.py	Database integration example
cached_api.py	Caching implementation
cors_api.py	CORS middleware usage
csrf_protected_api.py	CSRF protection
rate_limited_api.py	Rate limiting functionality
monitoring_api.py	Metrics and monitoring
serverless_api.py	Serverless deployment
vercel_serverless_api.py	Vercel-specific deployment
netlify_functions_api.py	Netlify-specific deployment
file_upload_api.py	File upload handling
error_handling_api.py	Error handling and validation
pagination_api.py	Pagination implementation
batch_processing_api.py	Batch processing for performance
advanced_caching_api.py	Advanced caching strategies
plugin_api.py	Plugin system usage
advanced_plugin_api.py	Advanced plugin development

To run any example:

# Navigate to the examples directory
cd examples

# Run an example
python simple_api.py

🏗️ Architecture

APIFromAnything follows a modular architecture designed for flexibility and extensibility:

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                      APIFromAnything                     │
├─────────────┬─────────────┬───────────────┬─────────────┤
│   Routing   │  Middleware │   Security    │ Performance │
├─────────────┼─────────────┼───────────────┼─────────────┤
│ HTTP Server │   Database  │ Documentation │  Monitoring │
└─────────────┴─────────────┴───────────────┴─────────────┘

• Core: The central component that manages the application lifecycle
• Routing: Maps URLs to handler functions
• Middleware: Processes requests and responses
• Security: Handles authentication, authorization, and protection
• Performance: Optimizes API performance
• HTTP Server: Manages HTTP connections
• Database: Provides database connectivity
• Documentation: Generates API documentation
• Monitoring: Collects and exposes metrics

🔄 Middleware

APIFromAnything includes a comprehensive middleware system:

Middleware	Description
CORSMiddleware	Handles Cross-Origin Resource Sharing
CSRFMiddleware	Protects against Cross-Site Request Forgery
SecurityHeadersMiddleware	Adds security headers to responses
RateLimitingMiddleware	Limits request rates
CacheMiddleware	Caches responses
LoggingMiddleware	Logs requests and responses
CompressionMiddleware	Compresses response data
AuthenticationMiddleware	Handles authentication

Example:

from apifrom import API
from apifrom.middleware import CORSMiddleware, SecurityHeadersMiddleware

app = API()
app.add_middleware(CORSMiddleware, allow_origins=["https://example.com"])
app.add_middleware(SecurityHeadersMiddleware)

🔒 Security

APIFromAnything provides comprehensive security features:

Authentication

from apifrom import API
from apifrom.security import JWTAuth

app = API()
auth = JWTAuth(secret_key="your-secret-key")

@app.api("/protected")
@auth.requires_auth
async def protected():
    return {"message": "This is protected"}

CORS Protection

from apifrom import API
from apifrom.middleware import CORSMiddleware

app = API()
app.add_middleware(CORSMiddleware, 
                  allow_origins=["https://example.com"],
                  allow_methods=["GET", "POST"],
                  allow_headers=["Content-Type", "Authorization"])

Rate Limiting

from apifrom import API
from apifrom.middleware import RateLimitingMiddleware

app = API()
app.add_middleware(RateLimitingMiddleware, 
                  limit=100,
                  period=60,  # 100 requests per minute
                  key_func=lambda request: request.client.host)

⚡ Performance

APIFromAnything includes several performance optimization features:

Caching

from apifrom import API
from apifrom.cache import RedisCache

app = API()
cache = RedisCache(url="redis://localhost:6379/0")

@app.api("/expensive-operation")
@cache.cached(ttl=300)  # Cache for 5 minutes
async def expensive_operation():
    # Expensive operation here
    return {"result": "Expensive calculation"}

Connection Pooling

from apifrom import API
from apifrom.db import Database

app = API()
db = Database("postgresql://user:password@localhost/db",
             min_size=5,
             max_size=20)

@app.api("/users")
async def get_users():
    async with db.connection() as conn:
        # Connection is taken from the pool
        users = await conn.fetch("SELECT * FROM users")
    # Connection is returned to the pool
    return {"users": users}

Request Coalescing

from apifrom import API
from apifrom.performance import coalesce_requests

app = API()

@app.api("/data/{id}")
@coalesce_requests
async def get_data(id: str):
    # If multiple requests for the same ID arrive simultaneously,
    # only one database query will be executed
    # and the result will be shared among all requests
    return {"data": f"Data for {id}"}

📊 Monitoring

APIFromAnything includes built-in monitoring capabilities:

Prometheus Metrics

from apifrom import API
from apifrom.monitoring import setup_monitoring

app = API()
setup_monitoring(app)

# Metrics will be available at /metrics

Custom Metrics

from apifrom import API
from apifrom.monitoring import Counter, Histogram

app = API()

# Define custom metrics
request_counter = Counter("app_requests_total", "Total requests")
request_latency = Histogram("app_request_latency_seconds", "Request latency")

@app.api("/hello")
async def hello():
    # Increment counter
    request_counter.inc()
    
    # Measure latency
    with request_latency.time():
        # Your code here
        return {"message": "Hello, World!"}

🚀 Deployment

GitHub Actions

This project includes GitHub Actions workflows for continuous integration and deployment:

• Python Package: Tests the code and publishes the package to PyPI when a new tag is pushed
• Documentation: Builds and deploys the documentation to GitHub Pages
• ReadTheDocs: Triggers a build on ReadTheDocs when documentation files are updated

To set up these workflows:

1. Push your code to a GitHub repository
2. Set up the necessary secrets in your repository settings:
   • PYPI_API_TOKEN: API token for publishing to PyPI

For detailed instructions, see the GitHub and ReadTheDocs Deployment Guide.

Serverless

AWS Lambda

# handler.py
from apifrom import API
from apifrom.adapters import LambdaAdapter

app = API()

@app.api("/hello/{name}")
async def hello(name: str):
    return {"message": f"Hello, {name}!"}

# Lambda handler
handler = LambdaAdapter(app).handler

Vercel

# api/index.py
from apifrom import API
from apifrom.adapters import VercelAdapter

app = API()

@app.api("/hello/{name}")
async def hello(name: str):
    return {"message": f"Hello, {name}!"}

# Vercel handler
handler = VercelAdapter(app).handler

📚 Documentation

For full documentation, visit apifrom.readthedocs.io.

The documentation includes:

• Getting Started Guide: Quick introduction to APIFromAnything
• Core Concepts: Detailed explanation of the framework's architecture
• API Reference: Complete reference for all classes and functions
• Middleware Guide: How to use and create middleware
• Security Guide: How to secure your API
• Performance Guide: How to optimize your API's performance
• Deployment Guide: How to deploy your API to various platforms
• Examples: Comprehensive examples for common use cases

👥 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

Development Setup

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/sc4rfurry/apifrom.git
cd apifrom

# Install dependencies
pip install -e ".[dev]"

# Run tests
pytest

Code Style

We use Black for code formatting and isort for import sorting:

# Format code
black .

# Sort imports
isort .

Testing

We use pytest for testing:

# Run all tests
pytest

# Run tests with coverage
pytest --cov=apifrom

# Run specific tests
pytest tests/test_api.py

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

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