It has a `GET` operation that could return an error.

It has a `POST` operation that could return several errors.

Both *path operations* require an `X-Token` header.

=== "Python 3.10+"

    ```Python
    {!> ../../../docs_src/app_testing/app_b_an_py310/main.py!}
    ```

=== "Python 3.9+"

    ```Python

### `startup` and `shutdown` together

There's a high chance that the logic for your *startup* and *shutdown* is connected, you might want to start something and then finish it, acquire a resource and then release it, etc.

Doing that in separated functions that don't share logic or variables together is more difficult as you would need to store values in global variables or similar tricks.

It gives you all the flexibility to choose the ones that fit your project the best.

And you can use directly many well maintained and widely used packages like `passlib` and `python-jose`, because **FastAPI** doesn't require any complex mechanisms to integrate external packages.

But it provides you the tools to simplify the process as much as possible without compromising flexibility, robustness, or security.

    * You can also add [`Security` dependencies with `scopes`](../advanced/security/oauth2-scopes.md){.internal-link target=_blank}.

!!! tip
    Having `dependencies` in the `APIRouter` can be used, for example, to require authentication for a whole group of *path operations*. Even if the dependencies are not added individually to each one of them.

!!! check

## 0.110.0

### Breaking Changes

* 🐛 Fix unhandled growing memory for internal server errors, refactor dependencies with `yield` and `except` to require raising again as in regular Python. PR [#11191](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/11191) by [@tiangolo](https://github.com/tiangolo).

* Even dependencies can have dependencies, creating a hierarchy or **"graph" of dependencies**.
* All **automatically handled** by the framework.
* All the dependencies can require data from requests and **augment the path operation** constraints and automatic documentation.
* **Automatic validation** even for *path operation* parameters defined in dependencies.

---

Common examples of CPU bound operations are things that require complex math processing.

For example:

* **Audio** or **image processing**.

**FastAPI** doesn't require you to use a SQL (relational) database.

But you can use any relational database that you want.

Here we'll see an example using <a href="https://www.sqlalchemy.org/" class="external-link" target="_blank">SQLAlchemy</a>.

    {!> ../../../docs_src/settings/app02/main.py!}
    ```

!!! tip
    We'll discuss the `@lru_cache` in a bit.

    For now you can assume `get_settings()` is a normal function.

And then we can require it from the *path operation function* as a dependency and use it anywhere we need it.

=== "Python 3.9+"

    ```Python hl_lines="17  19-21"
    {!> ../../../docs_src/settings/app02_an_py39/main.py!}
    ```