Make sure you [Upgrade the FastAPI version](../deployment/versions.md#upgrading-the-fastapi-versions){.internal-link target=_blank} to at least 0.95.1 before using `Annotated`.

///

## Use `Annotated` in the type for the `q` parameter { #use-annotated-in-the-type-for-the-q-parameter }

## Import Path { #import-path }

First, import `Path` from `fastapi`, and import `Annotated`:

{* ../../docs_src/path_params_numeric_validations/tutorial001_an_py310.py hl[1,3] *}

/// info

FastAPI added support for `Annotated` (and started recommending it) in version 0.95.0.

If you have an older version, you would get errors when trying to use `Annotated`.

Notice how we write `CommonQueryParams` twice in the above code:

//// tab | Python 3.8+

```Python
commons: Annotated[CommonQueryParams, Depends(CommonQueryParams)]
```

////

//// tab | Python 3.8+ non-Annotated

/// tip

Prefer to use the `Annotated` version if possible.

///

```Python
commons: CommonQueryParams = Depends(CommonQueryParams)
```

////

/// info

FastAPI added support for `Annotated` (and started recommending it) in version 0.95.0.

If you have an older version, you would get errors when trying to use `Annotated`.

Make sure you [Upgrade the FastAPI version](../../deployment/versions.md#upgrading-the-fastapi-versions){.internal-link target=_blank} to at least 0.95.1 before using `Annotated`.

///

### Import `Depends` { #import-depends }

//// tab | Python 3.8+

```Python hl_lines="1"
async def needy_dependency(fresh_value: Annotated[str, Depends(get_value, use_cache=False)]):
    return {"fresh_value": fresh_value}
```

////

//// tab | Python 3.8+ non-Annotated

/// tip

Prefer to use the `Annotated` version if possible.

///

```Python hl_lines="1"

```

////

//// tab | Python 3.10+ non-Annotated

/// tip

Prefer to use the `Annotated` version if possible.

///

```Python
{!> ../../docs_src/app_testing/app_b_py310/main.py!}
```

////

//// tab | Python 3.8+ non-Annotated

/// tip

Prefer to use the `Annotated` version if possible.

///

```Python

Although any other parameter declared normally (for example, the body with a Pydantic model) would still be validated, converted, annotated, etc.

But there are specific cases where it's useful to get the `Request` object.

## Use the `Request` object directly { #use-the-request-object-directly }

//// tab | Python 3.9+

In Python 3.9, `Annotated` is part of the standard library, so you can import it from `typing`.

```Python hl_lines="1  4"
{!> ../../docs_src/python_types/tutorial013_py39.py!}
```

////

//// tab | Python 3.8+

In versions below Python 3.9, you import `Annotated` from `typing_extensions`.

  /**
   * Tests that {@code cls} properly checks null on all constructor and method parameters that
   * aren't annotated nullable (according to the rules of {@link NullPointerTester}). In details:
   *
   * <ul>
   *   <li>All non-private static methods are checked such that passing null for any parameter
   *       that's not annotated nullable should throw {@link NullPointerException}.

* 100% <abbr title="The amount of code that is automatically tested">test coverage</abbr>.
* 100% <abbr title="Python type annotations, with this your editor and external tools can give you better support">type annotated</abbr> code base.
* Used in production applications.

## Starlette features { #starlette-features }