/// details | `.venv` or other name

You could create the virtual environment in a different directory, but there's a convention of calling it `.venv`.

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## Activate the Virtual Environment { #activate-the-virtual-environment }

Activate the new virtual environment so that any Python command you run or package you install uses it.

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```console
$ source .venv/bin/activate
```

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```console
$ .venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1
```

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```console
$ source .venv/bin/activate
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```console
$ .venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1
```

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```console
$ source .venv/bin/activate
```

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```console
$ .venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1
```

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```console
$ source .venv/bin/activate
```

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```console
$ .venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1
```

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            while {@code !1.4} matches any JDK that is not version 1.4. Ranges are supported too:
            {@code [1.5,)} activates when the JDK is 1.5 minimum.
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        </field>
        <field>
          <name>os</name>
          <version>4.0.0+</version>
          <description>Specifies that this profile will be activated when matching operating system

Make sure you create a [virtual environment](../virtual-environments.md){.internal-link target=_blank}, activate it, and then install it, for example:

```console
$ pip install python-multipart
```

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## Import `File` and `Form` { #import-file-and-form }

To use `TestClient`, first install <a href="https://www.python-httpx.org" class="external-link" target="_blank">`httpx`</a>.

Make sure you create a [virtual environment](../virtual-environments.md){.internal-link target=_blank}, activate it, and then install it, for example:

```console
$ pip install httpx
```

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Import `TestClient`.

Create a `TestClient` by passing your **FastAPI** application to it.

                            + "' - ignoring system property and get log level from -X/-e/-q options, log level will be set to "
                            + value);
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void activate() {
        ILoggerFactory lf = LoggerFactory.getILoggerFactory();
        if (lf instanceof MavenLoggerFactory mlf) {
            mlf.reconfigure();
        }
    }

Make sure you create a [virtual environment](../virtual-environments.md){.internal-link target=_blank}, activate it, and then install it, for example:

```console
$ pip install python-multipart
```

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/// note

This is supported since FastAPI version `0.113.0`. 🤓

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