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## Read env vars in Python { #read-env-vars-in-python }

You could also create environment variables **outside** of Python, in the terminal (or with any other method), and then **read them in Python**.

For example you could have a file `main.py` with:

```Python hl_lines="3"
import os

name = os.getenv("MY_NAME", "World")
print(f"Hello {name} from Python")
```

/// tip

This is what you would want to do in **most cases**, for example:

* Using **Kubernetes** or similar tools
* When running on a **Raspberry Pi**
* Using a cloud service that would run a container image for you, etc.

### Package Requirements { #package-requirements }

You would normally have the **package requirements** for your application in some file.

This Manager Process would probably be the one listening on the **port** in the IP. And it would transmit all the communication to the worker processes.

Those worker processes would be the ones running your application, they would perform the main computations to receive a **request** and return a **response**, and they would load anything you put in variables in RAM.

Here's an example of how an HTTPS API could look like, step by step, paying attention mainly to the ideas important for developers.

### Domain Name { #domain-name }

It would probably all start by you **acquiring** some **domain name**. Then, you would configure it in a DNS server (possibly your same cloud provider).

To work with FastAPI you need to install [Python](https://www.python.org/).

After that, you would need to **install** FastAPI and any other **packages** you want to use.

To install packages you would normally use the `pip` command that comes with Python (or similar alternatives).

Nevertheless, if you just use `pip` directly, the packages would be installed in your **global Python environment** (the global installation of Python).

	n++
}
i := *p
*q = 1
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<p>
If <code>list</code> pointed to a cyclic list,
then the original program would never access <code>*p</code> or <code>*q</code>,
but the rewritten program would.
(Moving `*p` ahead would be safe if the compiler can prove `*p` will not panic;
moving `*q` ahead would also require the compiler proving that no other
goroutine can access `*q`.)
</p>

<p>

Instead, use the actual default value of the function parameter. Otherwise, it would be inconsistent.

For example, this is not allowed:

```Python
q: Annotated[str, Query(default="rick")] = "morty"
```

...because it's not clear if the default value should be `"rick"` or `"morty"`.

So, you would use (preferably):

```Python
q: Annotated[str, Query()] = "rick"
```

For example, you could want to **return a dictionary** or a database object, but **declare it as a Pydantic model**. This way the Pydantic model would do all the data documentation, validation, etc. for the object that you returned (e.g. a dictionary or database object).

   * our class loader (which could be that of a dynamically loaded web application or OSGi bundle),
   * it would prevent our class loader from getting garbage collected.
   */
  static class DecoupledLoader implements FinalizerLoader {
    private static final String LOADING_ERROR =
        "Could not load Finalizer in its own class loader. Loading Finalizer in the current class "

You import it and create an "instance" the same way you would with the class `FastAPI`:

{* ../../docs_src/bigger_applications/app_an_py310/routers/users.py hl[1,3] title["app/routers/users.py"] *}

### *Path operations* with `APIRouter` { #path-operations-with-apirouter }

And then you use it to declare your *path operations*.

Use it the same way you would use the `FastAPI` class: