with <font color="#3465A4">__init__.py</font> files
             Importing from <font color="#75507B">/home/user/code/</font><font color="#AD7FA8">awesomeapp</font>

   <span style="background-color:#007166"><font color="#D3D7CF"> module </font></span>  🐍 main.py

     <span style="background-color:#007166"><font color="#D3D7CF"> code </font></span>  Importing the FastAPI app object from the module with
             the following code:

```

As the files `app/routers/users.py` and `app/routers/items.py` are submodules that are part of the same Python package `app`, we can use a single dot `.` to import them using "relative imports".

### How the importing works { #how-the-importing-works }

The section:

```Python
from .routers import items, users
```

means:

             <font color="#3465A4">__init__.py</font> files
             Importing from <font color="#75507B">/home/user/code/</font><font color="#AD7FA8">awesomeapp</font>

   <span style="background-color:#007166"><font color="#D3D7CF"> module </font></span>  🐍 main.py

     <span style="background-color:#007166"><font color="#D3D7CF"> code </font></span>  Importing the FastAPI app object from the module with the
             following code:

             <font color="#3465A4">__init__.py</font> files
             Importing from <font color="#75507B">/home/user/code/</font><font color="#AD7FA8">awesomeapp</font>

   <span style="background-color:#007166"><font color="#D3D7CF"> module </font></span>  🐍 main.py

     <span style="background-color:#007166"><font color="#D3D7CF"> code </font></span>  Importing the FastAPI app object from the module with the
             following code:

             with <font color="#3465A4">__init__.py</font> files
             Importing from <font color="#75507B">/home/user/code/</font><font color="#AD7FA8">awesomeapp</font>

   <span style="background-color:#007166"><font color="#D3D7CF"> module </font></span>  🐍 main.py

     <span style="background-color:#007166"><font color="#D3D7CF"> code </font></span>  Importing the FastAPI app object from the module with
             the following code:

             with <font color="#3465A4">__init__.py</font> files
             Importing from <font color="#75507B">/home/user/code/</font><font color="#AD7FA8">awesomeapp</font>

   <span style="background-color:#007166"><font color="#D3D7CF"> module </font></span>  🐍 main.py

     <span style="background-color:#007166"><font color="#D3D7CF"> code </font></span>  Importing the FastAPI app object from the module with
             the following code:

It is imported/included directly into FastAPI so that you can import it from `fastapi` and avoid accidentally importing the alternative `BackgroundTask` (without the `s` at the end) from `starlette.background`.

    // -----------------------------------------------------
    //                                                Upload
    //                                               -------
    /**
     * Shows the upload page for importing elevate words.
     *
     * @return HTML response for the upload page
     */
    @Execute
    @Secured({ ROLE })
    public HtmlResponse uploadpage() {
        saveToken();

#### Possibly `None` { #possibly-none }

You can declare that a value could have a type, like `str`, but that it could also be `None`.

In Python 3.6 and above (including Python 3.10) you can declare it by importing and using `Optional` from the `typing` module.

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

<div class="termy">

```console
$ cd ~/code/prisoner-of-azkaban

$ python main.py

// Error importing sirius, it's not installed 😱
Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "main.py", line 1, in <module>
        import sirius
```

</div>