diff --git a/fastapi/.dockerignore b/fastapi/.dockerignore
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+Dockerfile
+docker-compose.yml
+start.sh
+stop.sh
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diff --git a/fastapi/Dockerfile b/fastapi/Dockerfile
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+FROM python:3.7.2
+
+ADD ./ /fastapi
+
+WORKDIR fastapi
+
+RUN pip3 install -r /fastapi/requirements.txt
+
+WORKDIR /fastapi
+
+EXPOSE 8080
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/fastapi/conf/docker-entrypoint.sh"]
+
+CMD ["uvicorn", "app:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "8080"]
+ 
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diff --git a/fastapi/app.py b/fastapi/app.py
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+++ b/fastapi/app.py
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+import asyncpg
+import os
+
+import uvicorn
+from fastapi import FastAPI
+
+app = FastAPI()
+
+
+@app.on_event("startup")
+async def register_db():
+    app.db = await asyncpg.create_pool(dsn=os.environ['DATABASE_URL'])
+
+
+@app.on_event("shutdown")
+async def cleanup():
+    await app.db.close()
+
+
+@app.get('/db')
+async def handle_db():
+    async with app.db.acquire() as connection:
+        result = await connection.fetchval("SELECT html FROM render_cache_pagehtml WHERE url='startmatter.com'")
+    return result
+
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    uvicorn.run(app, host="0.0.0.0", port=8080)
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diff --git a/fastapi/conf/docker-entrypoint.sh b/fastapi/conf/docker-entrypoint.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+sleep 5s
+exec "$@" 
diff --git a/fastapi/docker-compose.yml b/fastapi/docker-compose.yml
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+version: '3'
+services:
+  postgres:
+    restart: always
+    build: .././database/ 
+    ports:
+      - "5432:5432"
+    environment:
+      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=render
+      - POSTGRES_USER=render
+      - POSTGRES_DB=render
+
+  fastapi:
+    restart: always
+    build: .
+    ports:
+      - "8080:8080"
+    depends_on:
+      - postgres
+    environment:
+      - DATABASE_URL=postgres://render:render@postgres:5432/render
+  
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diff --git a/fastapi/requirements.txt b/fastapi/requirements.txt
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+++ b/fastapi/requirements.txt
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+asyncpg
+fastapi
+uvicorn
diff --git a/fastapi/start.sh b/fastapi/start.sh
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+++ b/fastapi/start.sh
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+docker-compose build
+docker-compose up -d
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diff --git a/fastapi/stop.sh b/fastapi/stop.sh
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+++ b/fastapi/stop.sh
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+docker-compose stop
+docker-compose down
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