🚀 FastAPI Rate Limiting! Build Free vs Paid API Keys with Docker + Redis — Full Project Explained

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🔥 Learn how to build a production-ready FastAPI project that showcases endpoint-based rate limiting with Free & Paid API keys, powered by Redis and Docker Compose. Code: https://blog.schogini.com/html_files/fastapi-rate-limiting-demo.html 💡 In this hands-on demo, you’ll discover: How to build and run a FastAPI app with Docker Compose How to enforce per-endpoint rate limits using Redis How to assign different limits for Free, Pro, and Enterprise users How to add mock or real OpenAI API calls safely How to inspect rate-limit headers, 429 errors, and Retry-After responses ⚙️ Technologies Used: FastAPI, Redis, Docker, Python, OpenAI, uvicorn, HTTP headers 📘 Chapters: – Introduction – What We’re Building – Docker Compose Setup – Redis Rate Limiter Explained – Tiered API Keys (Free vs Pro) – Testing with cURL & Docs – 429 Handling & Rate Headers – Expanding with Token Bucket – Wrap-Up & Next Steps 👉 Clone, run, and customize your own API gateway demo today! 🔗 GitHub Repo & Docs: (add your repo link) 💬 Subscribe for more AI + FastAPI + Docker tutorials weekly! #FastAPI #Docker #Redis #PythonProjects #APIDevelopment #RateLimiting #OpenAI #AIProjects #DevOps #BackendDevelopment #FullStack #TechTutorial #FastAPITutorial #PythonLearning