Application Events & Startup Logic — Advanced FastAPI Patterns

Learn to use the lifespan context manager for application startup and shutdown logic, including resource initialization and cleanup.

What you'll learn

• Understand the lifespan context manager pattern for startup and shutdown
• Initialize shared resources during application startup
• Clean up resources gracefully during application shutdown
• Use module-level state to share data between lifespan and endpoints

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