import os
from typing import Any, Dict, List

from pdm.backend.hooks import Context

TIANGOLO_BUILD_PACKAGE = os.getenv("TIANGOLO_BUILD_PACKAGE", "fastapi")


def pdm_build_initialize(context: Context) -> None:
    metadata = context.config.metadata
    # Get custom config for the current package, from the env var
    config: Dict[str, Any] = context.config.data["tool"]["tiangolo"][
        "_internal-slim-build"

```Python hl_lines="8"
{!../../../docs_src/events/tutorial001.py!}
```

In this case, the `startup` event handler function will initialize the items "database" (just a `dict`) with some values.

You can add more than one event handler function.

And your application won't start receiving requests until all the `startup` event handlers have completed.