engripaye/toy-store-api

🧸 CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) Operations

--- ```markdown # 🧸 Toy Store API (FastAPI + Python) A beginner-friendly project built with **FastAPI** to explore the fundamentals of Python API development. The API simulates a simple **Toy Store** where you can **add, list, update, and delete toys** using in-memory storage (Python lists & dictionaries). --- ## 🚀 Project Goal The main goal of this project is to **learn FastAPI basics** and core **Python API concepts** through hands-on practice. --- ## ✨ Features - ➕ **Add Toys** – Create new toy entries. - 📋 **List Toys** – Retrieve all stored toys. - ✏️ **Update Toys** – Modify toy details. - ❌ **Delete Toys** – Remove toys from the collection. *(Note: Data is stored in memory only and resets when the server restarts.)* --- ## 🛠️ Skills Practiced - ✅ FastAPI routes (`@app.get`, `@app.post`, `@app.put`, `@app.delete`) - ✅ Handling **JSON requests & responses** - ✅ Managing data with **Python lists & dictionaries** - ✅ Understanding **CRUD API patterns** --- ## 📂 Project Structure ``` toystore-api/ │── main.py # FastAPI application │── requirements.txt # Project dependencies └── README.md # Project documentation ```` --- ## ⚡ Installation & Setup 1. **Clone the repository** ```bash git clone https://github.com/your-username/toystore-api.git cd toystore-api ```` 2. **Create a virtual environment (optional but recommended)** ```bash python -m venv venv source venv/bin/activate # Mac/Linux venv\Scripts\activate # Windows ``` 3. **Install dependencies** ```bash pip install -r requirements.txt ``` 4. **Run the FastAPI server** ```bash uvicorn main:app --reload ``` --- ## 🌐 API Endpoints | Method | Endpoint | Description | | ------ | ------------ | ------------------ | | GET | `/toys` | List all toys | | POST | `/toys` |