## Type annotation vs `Depends` { #type-annotation-vs-depends }

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

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

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/// tip

Prefer to use the `Annotated` version if possible.

///

```Python

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```Python hl_lines="1"
{!> ../../docs_src/python_types/tutorial009_py310.py!}
```

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```Python hl_lines="1  4"
{!> ../../docs_src/python_types/tutorial009.py!}
```

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```Python hl_lines="1  4"
{!> ../../docs_src/python_types/tutorial009b.py!}
```

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

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/// tip

Prefer to use the `Annotated` version if possible.

///

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  command: server --console-address ":9001" http://minio{1...4}/data{1...2}
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```

////

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

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/// tip

Prefer to use the `Annotated` version if possible.

///

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

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/// tip

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            (byte) 38, (byte) 30, (byte) 22, (byte) 14, (byte) 6, (byte) 61, (byte) 53, (byte) 45, (byte) 37, (byte) 29, (byte) 21,
            (byte) 13, (byte) 5, (byte) 60, (byte) 52, (byte) 44, (byte) 36, (byte) 28, (byte) 20, (byte) 12, (byte) 4, (byte) 27,

```Python
q: str | None = None
```

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```Python
q: Union[str, None] = None
```

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What we will do is wrap that with `Annotated`, so it becomes:

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```Python
q: Annotated[str | None] = None
```

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```Python
q: Annotated[Union[str, None]] = None
```

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It doesn't matter for **FastAPI**. It will detect the parameters by their names, types and default declarations (`Query`, `Path`, etc), it doesn't care about the order.

So, you can declare your function as:

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/// tip

Prefer to use the `Annotated` version if possible.

///

{* ../../docs_src/path_params_numeric_validations/tutorial002.py hl[7] *}

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{!> ../../docs_src/bigger_applications/app_an_py39/dependencies.py!}
```

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```Python hl_lines="1  5-7" title="app/dependencies.py"
{!> ../../docs_src/bigger_applications/app_an/dependencies.py!}
```

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/// tip

Prefer to use the `Annotated` version if possible.

///