So, it was a complete additional system.

It is not very popular or used nowadays.

## OpenAPI

OpenAPI (previously known as Swagger) is the open specification for building APIs (now part of the Linux Foundation).

**FastAPI** is based on **OpenAPI**.

That's what makes it possible to have multiple automatic interactive documentation interfaces, code generation, etc.

There are several ways to do it depending on your specific use case and the tools that you use.

You could **deploy a server** yourself using a combination of tools, you could use a **cloud service** that does part of the work for you, or other possible options.

I will show you some of the main concepts you should probably keep in mind when deploying a **FastAPI** application (although most of it applies to any other type of web application).

Ich zeige Ihnen einige der wichtigsten Konzepte, die Sie beim Deployment einer **FastAPI**-Anwendung wahrscheinlich berücksichtigen sollten (obwohl das meiste davon auch für jede andere Art von Webanwendung gilt).

    But because **FastAPI** is based on the Python standards, including `Annotated`, you can use this trick in your code. 😎

The dependencies will keep working as expected, and the **best part** is that the **type information will be preserved**, which means that your editor will be able to keep providing you with **autocompletion**, **inline errors**, etc. The same for other tools like `mypy`.