# Alternatives, Inspiration and Comparisons

What inspired **FastAPI**, how it compares to alternatives and what it learned from them.

## Intro

**FastAPI** wouldn't exist if not for the previous work of others.

There have been many tools created before that have helped inspire its creation.

## Standards-based benefits, alternative documentation

And because the generated schema is from the <a href="https://github.com/OAI/OpenAPI-Specification/blob/master/versions/3.1.0.md" class="external-link" target="_blank">OpenAPI</a> standard, there are many compatible tools.

![Swagger UI](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/img/index/index-01-swagger-ui-simple.png)

### Alternative API-Dokumentation

Gehen Sie nun auf <a href="http://127.0.0.1:8000/redoc" class="external-link" target="_blank">http://127.0.0.1:8000/redoc</a>.

Dort sehen Sie die alternative, automatische Dokumentation (bereitgestellt durch <a href="https://github.com/Rebilly/ReDoc" class="external-link" target="_blank">ReDoc</a>):

            The parameter is available only for compatibility.
            """
        ),
    ] = _Unset,
    alias: Annotated[
        Optional[str],
        Doc(
            """
            An alternative name for the parameter field.

            This will be used to extract the data and for the generated OpenAPI.
            It is particularly useful when you can't use the name you want because it

## Les avantages d'avoir une documentation basée sur une norme, et la documentation alternative.

Le schéma généré suivant la norme <a href="https://github.com/OAI/OpenAPI-Specification/blob/master/versions/3.0.2.md" class="external-link" target="_blank">OpenAPI</a>,
il existe de nombreux outils compatibles.

Grâce à cela, **FastAPI** lui-même fournit une documentation alternative (utilisant ReDoc), qui peut être lue

⚠️ **WARNUNG** ⚠️

Wenn Sie ein neues Projekt von Grund auf starten, prüfen Sie die Alternativen hier.

Zum Beispiel könnte der Projektgenerator <a href="https://github.com/tiangolo/full-stack-fastapi-postgresql" class="external-link" target="_blank">Full Stack FastAPI PostgreSQL</a> eine bessere Alternative sein, da er aktiv gepflegt und genutzt wird. Und er enthält alle neuen Funktionen und Verbesserungen.

![Swagger UI](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/img/index/index-01-swagger-ui-simple.png)

### Alternative API docs

And now, go to <a href="http://127.0.0.1:8000/redoc" class="external-link" target="_blank">http://127.0.0.1:8000/redoc</a>.

You will see the alternative automatic documentation (provided by <a href="https://github.com/Rebilly/ReDoc" class="external-link" target="_blank">ReDoc</a>):

```Python hl_lines="22"
{!../../../docs_src/events/tutorial003.py!}
```

## Alternative Events (deprecated)

!!! warning "Achtung"

## Nützliche Standards. Alternative Dokumentation

Und weil das generierte Schema vom <a href="https://github.com/OAI/OpenAPI-Specification/blob/master/versions/3.1.0.md" class="external-link" target="_blank">OpenAPI</a>-Standard kommt, gibt es viele kompatible Tools.

# Custom Request and APIRoute class

In some cases, you may want to override the logic used by the `Request` and `APIRoute` classes.

In particular, this may be a good alternative to logic in a middleware.

For example, if you want to read or manipulate the request body before it is processed by your application.

!!! danger
    This is an "advanced" feature.

    If you are just starting with **FastAPI** you might want to skip this section.