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# Using the Request Directly { #using-the-request-directly }

Up to now, you have been declaring the parts of the request that you need with their types.

Taking data from:

* The path as parameters.
* Headers.
* Cookies.
* etc.

And by doing so, **FastAPI** is validating that data, converting it and generating documentation for your API automatically.

But there are situations where you might need to access the `Request` object directly.

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  @J2ktIncompatible
  @GwtIncompatible // suite
  @AndroidIncompatible // test-suite builders
  public static Test suite() {
    TestSuite suite = new TestSuite();

    suite.addTest(
        SetTestSuiteBuilder.using(
                new TestStringSetGenerator() {
                  @Override
                  protected Set<String> create(String[] elements) {
                    return union(emptySet(), emptySet());
                  }

    return emptySet();
  }

  protected Collection<Method> suppressForConcurrentSkipListSetWithComparator() {
    return emptySet();
  }

  public Test testsForEmptySet() {
    return SetTestSuiteBuilder.using(
            new TestStringSetGenerator() {
              @Override
              public Set<String> create(String[] elements) {
                return emptySet();
              }
            })

## Recap { #recap }

* Import `FastAPI`.
* Create an `app` instance.
* Write a **path operation decorator** using decorators like `@app.get("/")`.
* Define a **path operation function**; for example, `def root(): ...`.

		builder.WriteString("JOIN ")
		builder.WriteQuoted(join.Table)

		if len(join.ON.Exprs) > 0 {
			builder.WriteString(" ON ")
			join.ON.Build(builder)
		} else if len(join.Using) > 0 {
			builder.WriteString(" USING (")
			for idx, c := range join.Using {
				if idx > 0 {
					builder.WriteByte(',')
				}
				builder.WriteQuoted(c)
			}
			builder.WriteByte(')')
		}
	}

Traditional retrieval of objects is always as whole entities, i.e GetObject for a 5 GiB object, will always return 5 GiB of data. S3 Select API allows us to retrieve a subset of data by using simple SQL expressions. By using Select API to retrieve only the data needed by the application, drastic performance improvements can be achieved.

You can use the Select API to query objects with following features: