```Python hl_lines="46"
{!../../../docs_src/nosql_databases/tutorial001.py!}
```

### Create the *path operation function*

As our code is calling Couchbase and we are not using the <a href="https://docs.couchbase.com/python-sdk/2.5/async-programming.html#asyncio-python-3-5" class="external-link" target="_blank">experimental Python <code>await</code> support</a>, we should declare our function with normal `def` instead of `async def`.