Here the `app` variable will be an "instance" of the class `FastAPI`.

This will be the main point of interaction to create all your API.

### Step 3: create a *path operation*

#### Path

"Path" here refers to the last part of the URL starting from the first `/`.

So, in a URL like:

```
https://example.com/items/foo
```

...the path would be:

```
/items/foo
```

!!! info

### Inbound

Traffic entering a pod over HBONE will be handled by the "inbound" code path, on port 15008.

Incoming requests have multiple "layers": TLS wrapping HTTP CONNECT that is wrapping the user's connection.

To unwrap the first layer, we terminate TLS.
As part of this, we need to pick the correct certificate to serve on behalf of the destination workload.

* A particular program while it is **running** on the operating system.
    * This doesn't refer to the file, nor to the code, it refers **specifically** to the thing that is being **executed** and managed by the operating system.
* Any program, any code, **can only do things** when it is being **executed**. So, when there's a **process running**.

In contrast to a "**container image**" that is the stored static contents, a "**container**" normally refers to the running instance, the thing that is being **executed**.