# Path Operation Configuration { #path-operation-configuration }

There are several parameters that you can pass to your *path operation decorator* to configure it.

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Notice that these parameters are passed directly to the *path operation decorator*, not to your *path operation function*.

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## Response Status Code { #response-status-code }

You can define the (HTTP) `status_code` to be used in the response of your *path operation*.

# Path Operation Advanced Configuration { #path-operation-advanced-configuration }

## OpenAPI operationId { #openapi-operationid }

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If you are not an "expert" in OpenAPI, you probably don't need this.

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You can set the OpenAPI `operationId` to be used in your *path operation* with the parameter `operation_id`.

You would have to make sure that it is unique for each operation.

# Dependencies in path operation decorators { #dependencies-in-path-operation-decorators }

In some cases you don't really need the return value of a dependency inside your *path operation function*.

Or the dependency doesn't return a value.

But you still need it to be executed/solved.

For those cases, instead of declaring a *path operation function* parameter with `Depends`, you can add a `list` of `dependencies` to the *path operation decorator*.

    // MS-SWN RPC Operation Numbers
    /** WitnessRegister operation number */
    public static final int WITNESS_REGISTER = 0;
    /** WitnessUnregister operation number */
    public static final int WITNESS_UNREGISTER = 1;
    /** WitnessAsyncNotify operation number */
    public static final int WITNESS_ASYNC_NOTIFY = 2;
    /** Witness heartbeat operation number */

## Documentation Deprecate a *Path Operation* - OpenAPI { #documentation-deprecate-a-path-operation-openapi }

     * Any file name change in the watched directory or subtree causes a change notification wait operation to return.
     * Changes include renaming, creating, or deleting a file.
     */
    int FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_FILE_NAME = 0x00000001;

    /**
     * Any directory-name change in the watched directory or subtree causes a change notification wait operation to
     * return. Changes include creating or deleting a directory.
     */

     *
     * @param bytes number of bytes sent
     * @param durationNanos operation duration in nanoseconds
     */
    public void recordRdmaSend(int bytes, long durationNanos) {
        rdmaSends.incrementAndGet();
        bytesTransferred.addAndGet(bytes);
        totalSendTime.addAndGet(durationNanos);
    }

    /**
     * Record an RDMA receive operation
     *

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...that's because the client generator uses the OpenAPI internal **operation ID** for each *path operation*.

OpenAPI requires that each operation ID is unique across all the *path operations*, so FastAPI uses the **function name**, the **path**, and the **HTTP method/operation** to generate that operation ID, because that way it can make sure that the operation IDs are unique.

But I'll show you how to improve that next. 🤓

        return false;
    }

    /**
     * Execute an RDMA operation with automatic retry and error handling
     *
     * @param <T> the type of result returned by the operation
     * @param operation the operation to execute
     * @param connection the RDMA connection to use
     * @return operation result
     * @throws IOException if operation fails after all retries
     */

For example, when using GraphQL you normally perform all the actions using only `POST` operations.

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### Step 4: define the **path operation function** { #step-4-define-the-path-operation-function }

This is our "**path operation function**":

* **path**: is `/`.
* **operation**: is `get`.
* **function**: is the function below the "decorator" (below `@app.get("/")`).

{* ../../docs_src/first_steps/tutorial001.py hl[7] *}