* <a href="https://github.com/Tinche/aiofiles" target="_blank"><code>aiofiles</code></a> - Richiesto se vuoi usare `FileResponse` o `StaticFiles`.
* <a href="http://jinja.pocoo.org" target="_blank"><code>jinja2</code></a> - Richiesto se vuoi usare la configurazione template di default.

import com.google.common.collect.Multimap;
import com.google.common.collect.Multiset;
import com.google.common.collect.testing.AbstractTester;
import com.google.common.collect.testing.CollectionTestSuiteBuilder;
import com.google.common.collect.testing.DerivedGenerator;
import com.google.common.collect.testing.FeatureSpecificTestSuiteBuilder;
import com.google.common.collect.testing.MapTestSuiteBuilder;

# History, Design and Future { #history-design-and-future }

Some time ago, <a href="https://github.com/fastapi/fastapi/issues/3#issuecomment-454956920" class="external-link" target="_blank">a **FastAPI** user asked</a>:

> What’s the history of this project? It seems to have come from nowhere to awesome in a few weeks [...]

Here's a little bit of that history.

## Alternatives { #alternatives }

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## OpenAPI and API docs { #openapi-and-api-docs }

If you return additional status codes and responses directly, they won't be included in the OpenAPI schema (the API docs), because FastAPI doesn't have a way to know beforehand what you are going to return.

You can also declare the `Response` parameter in dependencies, and set cookies (and headers) in them.

## Return a `Response` directly { #return-a-response-directly }

You can also create cookies when returning a `Response` directly in your code.

Let's say that you want to use a different <abbr title="Content Delivery Network">CDN</abbr>, for example you want to use `https://unpkg.com/`.

This could be useful if for example you live in a country that restricts some URLs.

### Disable the automatic docs { #disable-the-automatic-docs }

The first step is to disable the automatic docs, as by default, those use the default CDN.

**FastAPI** provides the same `starlette.responses` as `fastapi.responses` just as a convenience for you, the developer. But most of the available responses come directly from Starlette.

And as the `Response` can be used frequently to set headers and cookies, **FastAPI** also provides it at `fastapi.Response`.

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## Custom Headers { #custom-headers }

You could also use `from starlette.templating import Jinja2Templates`.

**FastAPI** provides the same `starlette.templating` as `fastapi.templating` just as a convenience for you, the developer. But most of the available responses come directly from Starlette. The same with `Request` and `StaticFiles`.

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## Writing templates { #writing-templates }

Then you can write a template at `templates/item.html` with, for example:

Templates, while typically come with a specific setup, are designed to be flexible and customizable. This allows you to modify and adapt them to your project's requirements, making them an excellent starting point. 🏁

You can use this template to get started, as it includes a lot of the initial set up, security, database and some API endpoints already done for you.

Asynchronous code just means that the language 💬 has a way to tell the computer / program 🤖 that at some point in the code, it 🤖 will have to wait for *something else* to finish somewhere else. Let's say that *something else* is called "slow-file" 📝.

So, during that time, the computer can go and do some other work, while "slow-file" 📝 finishes.