Building & Deploying a FastAPI Video Description App: From Code to Cloud with GPT, Docker and Azure
Last Updated on September 11, 2024 by Editorial Team
Author(s): Souradip Pal
Originally published on Towards AI.
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Ever wanted to turn a video into a text description without manually watching and writing down the details? Well, you’re in luck! Today, we’re going to build a FastAPI application that takes a video URL as input and generates a description using AI. But that’s not all — we’ll also show you how to containerize the app using Docker and deploy it to Azure Web Apps.
This tutorial is designed for beginners, so don’t worry if you’ve never worked with FastAPI, Docker, or Azure before. By the end, you’ll have a fully functioning app deployed online!
Before we get started, here are a few things you’ll need:
Python Installed on your machine (Python 3.7+)Docker Desktop installed and running (Download Docker Desktop)A Docker Hub account (You can sign up for free at Docker Hub)Azure Account… Read the full blog for free on Medium.
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