* <ul>
     * <li>{@code *} = everything,</li>
     * <li>{@code external:*} = everything not on the localhost and not file based,</li>
     * <li>{@code external:http:*} = any repository not on the localhost using HTTP,</li>
     * <li>{@code repo,repo1} = {@code repo} or {@code repo1},</li>
     * <li>{@code *,!repo1} = everything except {@code repo1}.</li>
     * </ul>
     *

## Mounting a **FastAPI** application

"Mounting" means adding a completely "independent" application in a specific path, that then takes care of handling everything under that path, with the _path operations_ declared in that sub-application.

### Top-level application

First, create the main, top-level, **FastAPI** application, and its *path operations*:

```Python hl_lines="3  6-8"

* `.gitignore`: the name of the file where the text should be written

And `*` for Git means "everything". So, it will ignore everything in the `.venv` directory.

That command will create a file `.gitignore` with the content:

```gitignore
*
```

///

## Install Packages

# Bigger Applications - Multiple Files

If you are building an application or a web API, it's rarely the case that you can put everything in a single file.

**FastAPI** provides a convenience tool to structure your application while keeping all the flexibility.

/// info

If you come from Flask, this would be the equivalent of Flask's Blueprints.

///

## An example file structure

Let's say you have a file structure like this:

```

It's also possible to declare the list as `"*"` (a "wildcard") to say that all are allowed.

But that will only allow certain types of communication, excluding everything that involves credentials: Cookies, Authorization headers like those used with Bearer Tokens, etc.

So, for everything to work correctly, it's better to specify explicitly the allowed origins.

## Use `CORSMiddleware`

        File pom0 = new File(localRepo, "p0/pom.xml");

        File pom0Basedir = pom0.getParentFile();

        File pom1 = new File(pom0Basedir, "p1/pom.xml");

        // load everything...
        MavenProject project1 = getProjectWithDependencies(pom1);

        assertEquals(pom0Basedir, project1.getParent().getBasedir());
        System.out.println("Project " + project1.getId() + " " + project1);

@SuppressWarnings("JUnit4ClassUsedInJUnit3")
public class ListToArrayTester<E> extends AbstractListTester<E> {
  // CollectionToArrayTester tests everything except ordering.

  public void testToArray_noArg() {
    Object[] actual = getList().toArray();
    assertArrayEquals("toArray() order should match list", createOrderedArray(), actual);
  }

        File pom0 = new File(localRepo, "p0/pom.xml");

        File pom0Basedir = pom0.getParentFile();

        File pom1 = new File(pom0Basedir, "p1/pom.xml");

        // load everything...
        MavenProject project0 = getProject(pom0);
        MavenProject project1 = getProject(pom1);

        assertEquals(pom0Basedir, project1.getParent().getBasedir());
    }

@SuppressWarnings("JUnit4ClassUsedInJUnit3")
public class ListToArrayTester<E> extends AbstractListTester<E> {
  // CollectionToArrayTester tests everything except ordering.

  public void testToArray_noArg() {
    Object[] actual = getList().toArray();
    assertArrayEquals("toArray() order should match list", createOrderedArray(), actual);
  }

        File pom0 = new File(localRepo, "p0/pom.xml");

        File pom0Basedir = pom0.getParentFile();

        File pom1 = new File(pom0Basedir, "p1/pom.xml");

        // load everything...
        MavenProject project0 = getProjectWithDependencies(pom0);
        MavenProject project1 = getProjectWithDependencies(pom1);

        assertEquals(pom0Basedir, project1.getParent().getBasedir());