Litestar Has a Free API You're Not Using

Litestar (formerly Starlite) is a Python ASGI framework that's faster than FastAPI with better dependency injection and built-in features. Most Python developers haven't even heard of it. What is Litestar? Litestar is a high-performance, opinionated ASGI framework built on top of Starlette with a focus on developer ergonomics and correctness. The Free APIs You're Missing 1. DTO Layer — Automatic Data Transfer Objects from litestar import Litestar , get , post from litestar.dto import DTOConfig from litestar.contrib.sqlalchemy.dto import SQLAlchemyDTO class UserDTO ( SQLAlchemyDTO [ User ]): config = DTOConfig ( exclude = { " password_hash " , " created_at " }, rename_fields = { " email_address " : " email " }, ) @get ( " /users " , return_dto = UserDTO ) async def list_users ( db : AsyncSession ) -> list [ User ]: result = await db . execute ( select ( User )) return result . scalars (). all () Automatic field exclusion, renaming, and serialization from your ORM models. No manual schem