Developed and Debugged FastAPI AI Workflow Tools

📅 2025-04-17 — Session: Developed and Debugged FastAPI AI Workflow Tools

🕒 01:30–01:50
🏷️ Labels: Fastapi, YAML, Debugging, Ai Workflow, Frontend Development
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM

Session Goal: The session aimed to design and debug a dev-facing AI workflow tool using FastAPI, focusing on YAML integration and endpoint functionality.

Key Activities:

• Designed a UX flow for a dev-facing AI workflow tool, integrating a live-editable YAML pane with backend/frontend save functionality.
• Conducted a code review of the Home component, focusing on YAML improvements and logic enhancements.
• Resolved a FastAPI endpoint issue that returned non-JSON responses, ensuring valid JSON output and improved security with file validation.
• Debugged file path resolution issues in FastAPI, addressing 404 errors and ensuring correct YAML file retrieval.
• Provided a troubleshooting guide for the print() function not displaying output in FastAPI applications.

Achievements:

• Successfully implemented backend and frontend integration for YAML configuration saving.
• Enhanced the Home component code with improved logic and YAML handling.
• Fixed JSON response issues and improved endpoint security in FastAPI.
• Resolved file path issues, ensuring correct YAML file retrieval and handling.

Pending Tasks:

• Further user feedback mechanisms need to be implemented for the AI workflow tool to enhance UX.