This project demonstrates how to build a FastAPI app connected to a MySQL database using SQLAlchemy and mysqlclient.
It uses an existing table (customers) from a typical Northwind database schema without recreating or deleting the table.

fastapi_project/ ├── app/ │ ├── main.py # FastAPI app entry point │ ├── database.py # SQLAlchemy DB connection │ ├── models/ │ │ └── customers.py # SQLAlchemy model (mapped to existing table) │ ├── schemas/ │ │ └── customers.py # Pydantic schema for API response │ ├── crud/ │ │ └── customers.py # Database queries │ ├── routers/ │ │ └── customers.py # API endpoint │ └── init.py ├── requirements.txt └── README.md

git clone https://github.com/your-username/fastapi-mysql-northwind.git
cd fastapi-mysql-northwind

pip install -r requirements.txt


sudo apt install libmysqlclient-dev python3-dev

uvicorn app.main:app --reload