## Install the Server Program

When you install FastAPI, it comes with a production server, Uvicorn, and you can start it with the `fastapi run` command.

But you can also install an ASGI server manually:

=== "Uvicorn"

**This version of FastAPI still supports Pydantic v1**. And although Pydantic v1 will be deprecated at some point, it will still be supported for a while.

This means that you can install the new Pydantic v2, and if something fails, you can install Pydantic v1 while you fix any problems you might have, but having the latest FastAPI.

There are **tests for both Pydantic v1 and v2**, and test **coverage** is kept at **100%**.

And we as developers keep improving the code as we find those bugs and as we implement new features (possibly adding new bugs too 😅).

### Small Errors Automatically Handled

When building web APIs with FastAPI, if there's an error in our code, FastAPI will normally contain it to the single request that triggered the error. 🛡

You can use <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebSockets_API" class="external-link" target="_blank">WebSockets</a> with **FastAPI**.

## Install `WebSockets`

First you need to install `WebSockets`:

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```console
$ pip install websockets

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```

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## WebSockets client

### In production

# FastAPI CLI

**FastAPI CLI** is a command line program `fastapi` that you can use to serve your FastAPI app, manage your FastAPI project, and more.

When you install FastAPI (e.g. with `pip install fastapi`), it includes a package called `fastapi-cli`, this package provides the `fastapi` command in the terminal.

To run your FastAPI app for development, you can use the `fastapi dev` command:

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```console

When you install `fastapi` it comes these standard dependencies.

## `fastapi-slim`

If you don't want the extra standard optional dependencies, install `fastapi-slim` instead.

When you install with:

```bash
pip install fastapi
```

...it includes the same code and dependencies as:

```bash
pip install "fastapi-slim[standard]"
```

When you install `fastapi` it comes these standard dependencies.

## `fastapi-slim`

If you don't want the extra standard optional dependencies, install `fastapi-slim` instead.

When you install with:

```bash
pip install fastapi
```

...it includes the same code and dependencies as:

```bash
pip install "fastapi-slim[standard]"
```

---

## Install FastAPI

The first step is to install FastAPI:

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```console
$ pip install fastapi

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```

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!!! note
    When you install with `pip install fastapi` it comes with some default optional standard dependencies.

### Install `pydantic-settings`

First, install the `pydantic-settings` package:

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```console
$ pip install pydantic-settings
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```

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It also comes included when you install the `all` extras with:

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```console
$ pip install "fastapi[all]"
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```

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fastapi>=0.112.0,<0.113.0
pydantic>=2.7.0,<3.0.0
```

And you would normally install those package dependencies with `pip`, for example:

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```console
$ pip install -r requirements.txt
---> 100%
Successfully installed fastapi pydantic
```

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!!! info
    There are other formats and tools to define and install package dependencies.

### Create the **FastAPI** Code