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title: "Add a healthcheck to your FastAPI app | Pype.dev"
description: "!https://pype.dev/add-a-healthcheck-to-your-fastapi-app"
date: 2024-12-17
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tags:
  - containers
  - dev
  - docker
  - fastapi
  - python
  - thought
  - webdev
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Nice example of adding a healthcheck to fastapi, and integrating it with docker.  Don't forget to include curl in the install, nice touch.