/// details | `.venv` or other name

You could create the virtual environment in a different directory, but there's a convention of calling it `.venv`.

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## Activate the Virtual Environment { #activate-the-virtual-environment }

Activate the new virtual environment so that any Python command you run or package you install uses it.

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```console
$ source .venv/bin/activate
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```console
$ .venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1
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```console
$ source .venv/bin/activate
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```console
$ .venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1
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        end
    end
    stone-project ~~~ azkaban-project
```

## Qué Significa Activar un Entorno Virtual { #what-does-activating-a-virtual-environment-mean }

Cuando activas un entorno virtual, por ejemplo con:

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```console
$ source .venv/bin/activate
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```console
$ source .venv/bin/activate
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```console
$ .venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1
```

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Por ejemplo, digamos que tienes 4 endpoints de API (*path operations*):

* `/items/public/`
* `/items/private/`
* `/users/{user_id}/activate`
* `/items/pro/`

entonces podrías agregar diferentes requisitos de permiso para cada uno de ellos solo con dependencias y sub-dependencias:

```mermaid
graph TB

current_user(["current_user"])

To use `TestClient`, first install <a href="https://www.python-httpx.org" class="external-link" target="_blank">`httpx`</a>.

Make sure you create a [virtual environment](../virtual-environments.md){.internal-link target=_blank}, activate it, and then install it, for example:

```console
$ pip install httpx
```

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Import `TestClient`.

Create a `TestClient` by passing your **FastAPI** application to it.

## Install dependencies { #install-dependencies }

Make sure you create a [virtual environment](../virtual-environments.md){.internal-link target=_blank}, activate it, and install `jinja2`:

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```console
$ pip install jinja2

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```

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## Using `Jinja2Templates` { #using-jinja2templates }

* Import `Jinja2Templates`.

## Install `websockets` { #install-websockets }

Make sure you create a [virtual environment](../virtual-environments.md){.internal-link target=_blank}, activate it, and install `websockets` (a Python library that makes it easy to use the "WebSocket" protocol):

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```console
$ pip install websockets

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```

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Make sure you create a [virtual environment](../virtual-environments.md){.internal-link target=_blank}, activate it, and then install it, for example:

```console
$ pip install email-validator
```

or with:

```console
$ pip install "pydantic[email]"
```

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