CMS & Chat System in Python: Non-Profit Backend | FastAPI

Project Overview

Comprehensive backend modernization for Peryskop Foundation, using Python and FastAPI to create a scalable non-profit platform. The system handles thousands of users with high performance and advanced content management features.

System Architecture

1. Content Management System

• Article Management

  • Rich text editing with HTML sanitization
  • Content versioning
  • SEO metadata management
  • Automatic backups

• Media System

  • Image optimization pipeline
  • CDN integration
  • Lazy loading
  • Responsive images

2. Real-time Communication

• High-Performance Chat

  • WebSocket connections
  • Redis pub/sub system
  • Message queuing
  • Offline message storage

• Notifications

  • Push notifications
  • Email integration
  • In-app alerts
  • Custom notification rules

3. Access Control

• Advanced RBAC

  • Dynamic permission system
  • Role inheritance
  • Resource-level access control
  • Audit logging

• Security Features

  • JWT authentication
  • Rate limiting
  • DDOS protection
  • SSL/TLS encryption

Technical Infrastructure

Backend Stack

• Core Technologies

  • Python 3.11+
  • FastAPI framework
  • PostgreSQL database
  • Redis cache

• DevOps

  • Docker containers
  • Nginx reverse proxy
  • OVH cloud hosting
  • CI/CD pipeline

Performance Metrics

• 200% system throughput increase
• 50ms average API response time
• 99.9% uptime
• Zero security incidents

Conclusions and Results

The system demonstrates the effectiveness of modern microservice architecture in the non-profit context, ensuring scalability and high performance while optimizing costs.