But in this case, the same **FastAPI** application will handle the API and the authentication.

So, let's review it from that simplified point of view:

* The user types the `username` and `password` in the frontend, and hits `Enter`.

### Étape 2 : créer une "instance" `FastAPI`

```Python hl_lines="3"
{!../../../docs_src/first_steps/tutorial001.py!}
```

Ici la variable `app` sera une "instance" de la classe `FastAPI`.

Ce sera le point principal d'interaction pour créer toute votre API.

Cette `app` est la même que celle à laquelle fait référence `uvicorn` dans la commande :

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```console
$ uvicorn main:app --reload

```Python hl_lines="3"
{!../../../docs_src/first_steps/tutorial001.py!}
```

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:

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