Use it as a ready-made backend for a personal notes application.
Study it as an example of JWT authentication and per-user data ownership in FastAPI.
Adapt it as a starting template for a CRUD API with PostgreSQL and Docker.
| mfonpeeter/notes-api | 0xallam/my-recipe | 0xhassaan/nn-from-scratch | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stars | 0 | — | 0 |
| Language | Python | Python | Python |
| Last pushed | — | 2022-11-22 | — |
| Maintenance | — | Dormant | — |
| Setup difficulty | moderate | moderate | moderate |
| Complexity | 2/5 | 2/5 | 4/5 |
| Audience | developer | general | developer |
Figures from each repo's GitHub metadata at analysis time.
Requires Python 3.13+, Docker, and manually configuring a .env file with a generated secret key.
This project is a backend service for a note-taking app. It gives developers a ready-made system for letting people sign up, log in, and manage their own personal notes, without having to build that plumbing from scratch. Think of it as the engine that would sit behind a notes app, handling accounts and data storage while a separate front end shows the actual screens to users. It is built with FastAPI, a Python framework for building web APIs, and stores data in PostgreSQL using a tool called SQLModel that maps database tables to Python code. Logging in and staying logged in is handled through JWT authentication, a common way of issuing a token to a user after they sign in so the app can recognize them on later requests without asking for a password again. Once someone is signed in, they can create, view, edit, and delete their own notes. The system checks ownership on every request, so one user cannot see or change another user's notes. The project also includes structured logging, which records what the app is doing in a consistent format that is easier to search and debug, plus a test suite built with Pytest to check that the code keeps working as it changes. Setup requires Python 3.13 or newer and Docker. The README walks through creating a virtual environment, installing dependencies, setting environment variables for the database and secret key, and starting the database with Docker Compose. There is also a fully Dockerized setup for running the whole app in containers. API documentation is generated automatically and available through a browser once the server is running. This is a solid example of a small, well-organized backend project rather than a consumer-facing product. It would suit someone learning how authentication and ownership checks work in an API, or a developer looking for a starting template for a notes-style application.
A backend API for a notes app that lets users sign up, log in, and manage only their own notes securely.
Mainly Python. The stack also includes Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL.
No license information is provided in the README.
Setup difficulty is rated moderate, with roughly 30min to a first successful run.
Mainly developer.
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