Then I found that there was a standard to document APIs, using JSON (or YAML, an extension of JSON) called Swagger.

And there was a web user interface for Swagger APIs already created. So, being able to generate Swagger documentation for an API would allow using this web user interface automatically.

At some point, Swagger was given to the Linux Foundation, to be renamed OpenAPI.

```Python hl_lines="1  7-13  19"
{!../../../docs_src/dataclasses/tutorial002.py!}
```

The dataclass will be automatically converted to a Pydantic dataclass.

This way, its schema will show up in the API docs user interface:

<img src="/img/tutorial/dataclasses/image01.png">

## Dataclasses in Nested Data Structures

You can also combine `dataclasses` with other type annotations to make nested data structures.

In this section we'll see how to use other middlewares.

## Adding ASGI middlewares

As **FastAPI** is based on Starlette and implements the <abbr title="Asynchronous Server Gateway Interface">ASGI</abbr> specification, you can use any ASGI middleware.

A middleware doesn't have to be made for FastAPI or Starlette to work, as long as it follows the ASGI spec.

!!! tip

## ASGI Servers

Let's go a little deeper into the details.

FastAPI uses a standard for building Python web frameworks and servers called <abbr title="Asynchronous Server Gateway Interface">ASGI</abbr>. FastAPI is an ASGI web framework.

It would also mean that if you get data from the `Request` object directly (for example, read the body) it won't be validated, converted or documented (with OpenAPI, for the automatic API user interface) by FastAPI.

Although any other parameter declared normally (for example, the body with a Pydantic model) would still be validated, converted, annotated, etc.

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Se stai sviluppando un'app <abbr title="Command Line Interface (interfaccia della riga di comando)">CLI</abbr> da usare nel terminale invece che una web API, ti consigliamo <a href="https://typer.tiangolo.com/" class="external-link" target="_blank">**Typer**</a>.

## **Typer**，命令行中的 FastAPI

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如果你正在开发一个在终端中运行的<abbr title="Command Line Interface">命令行</abbr>应用而不是 web API，不妨试下 <a href="https://typer.tiangolo.com/" class="external-link" target="_blank">**Typer**</a>。

**Typer** 是 FastAPI 的小同胞。它想要成为**命令行中的 FastAPI**。 ⌨️ 🚀

## 依赖

Python 及更高版本

## Check it

Run the server and go to the docs: <a href="http://127.0.0.1:8000/docs" class="external-link" target="_blank">http://127.0.0.1:8000/docs</a>.

You'll see the user interface like:

<img src="/img/tutorial/security/image07.png">

Authorize the application the same way as before.

Using the credentials:

Username: `johndoe`
Password: `secret`

!!! check

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## **Typer**, le FastAPI des <abbr title="Command Line Interface">CLI</abbr>

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