- name: Dump GitHub context
        env:
          GITHUB_CONTEXT: ${{ toJson(github) }}
        run: echo "$GITHUB_CONTEXT"
      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
        with:
          python-version: '3.9'

      - run: pip install smokeshow

      - uses: dawidd6/action-download-artifact@v3.1.4
        with:
          github_token: ${{ secrets.FASTAPI_SMOKESHOW_DOWNLOAD_ARTIFACTS }}
          workflow: test.yml

        env:
          GITHUB_CONTEXT: ${{ toJson(github) }}
        run: echo "$GITHUB_CONTEXT"
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Clean site
        run: |
          rm -rf ./site
          mkdir ./site
      - name: Download Artifact Docs
        id: download
        uses: dawidd6/action-download-artifact@v3.1.4
        with:
          if_no_artifact_found: ignore

        env:
          GITHUB_CONTEXT: ${{ toJson(github) }}
        run: echo "$GITHUB_CONTEXT"
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Set up Python
        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
        with:
          python-version: "3.10"
          # Issue ref: https://github.com/actions/setup-python/issues/436
          # cache: "pip"
          # cache-dependency-path: pyproject.toml

        required: false
        default: 'false'

jobs:
  latest-changes:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Dump GitHub context
        env:
          GITHUB_CONTEXT: ${{ toJson(github) }}
        run: echo "$GITHUB_CONTEXT"
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:

* 👥 Update FastAPI People. PR [#2202](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/2202) by [@github-actions[bot]](https://github.com/apps/github-actions).
* ♻️ Update FastAPI People GitHub Action to send the PR as github-actions. PR [#2201](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/2201) by [@tiangolo](https://github.com/tiangolo).

    Also, there might be tools that expect and use it (now or in the future) and that might be useful for you or your users, now or in the future.

    That's the benefit of standards...

## See it in action

Open the interactive docs: <a href="http://127.0.0.1:8000/docs" class="external-link" target="_blank">http://127.0.0.1:8000/docs</a>.

### Authenticate

Click the "Authorize" button.

Use the credentials:

* `PATCH`
* `TRACE`

In the HTTP protocol, you can communicate to each path using one (or more) of these "methods".

---

When building APIs, you normally use these specific HTTP methods to perform a specific action.

Normally you use:

* `POST`: to create data.
* `GET`: to read data.
* `PUT`: to update data.
* `DELETE`: to delete data.

So, in OpenAPI, each of the HTTP methods is called an "operation".

As part of that, I needed to investigate, test and use many alternatives.

The history of **FastAPI** is in great part the history of its predecessors.

As said in the section [Alternatives](alternatives.md){.internal-link target=_blank}:

<blockquote markdown="1">

**FastAPI** wouldn't exist if not for the previous work of others.

    $ hypercorn main:app --bind 0.0.0.0:80

    Running on 0.0.0.0:8080 over http (CTRL + C to quit)
    ```

    </div>

!!! warning "Achtung"
    Denken Sie daran, die Option `--reload` zu entfernen, wenn Sie diese verwendet haben.

    Die Option `--reload` verbraucht viel mehr Ressourcen, ist instabiler, usw.

    Sie hilft sehr während der **Entwicklung**, aber Sie sollten sie **nicht** in der **Produktion** verwenden.

* **Document** the API using OpenAPI:
    * which is then used by the automatic interactive documentation user interfaces.

This might all sound abstract. Don't worry. You'll see all this in action in the [Tutorial - User Guide](tutorial/index.md){.internal-link target=_blank}.