Working with FASTAPI and TimeSeries DB

Building an Analytics API service using Python, FastAPI, and Time-series PostgreSQL with TimescaleDB.

Prerequisites

• Docker
• Docker Compose
• Python 3.x
• PostgreSQL (TimescaleDB)

Setup & Usage

Build and Run with Docker

docker build -t analytics-api -f Dockerfile.web .
docker run analytics-api

Using Docker Compose

docker compose up --watch

To stop and remove containers:

docker compose down

To stop and remove containers with volumes:

docker compose down -v

Running Commands in the Container

To access the container shell:

docker compose run app /bin/bash

To run Python inside the container:

docker compose run app python