But for now, let's check these important **conceptual ideas**. These concepts also apply to any other type of web API. 💡

## Security - HTTPS

In the [previous chapter about HTTPS](https.md){.internal-link target=_blank} we learned about how HTTPS provides encryption for your API.

We also saw that HTTPS is normally provided by a component **external** to your application server, a **TLS Termination Proxy**.

			}
			os.Exit(2)
		}
		fatalf("parsing %s: %s", name, err)
	}
	return ast1
}

func sourceLine(n ast.Node) int {
	return fset.Position(n.Pos()).Line
}

// ParseGo populates f with information learned from the Go source code
// which was read from the named file. It gathers the C preamble
// attached to the import "C" comment, a list of references to C.xxx,
// a list of exported functions, and the actual AST, to be rewritten and

# Alternatives, Inspiration and Comparisons

What inspired **FastAPI**, how it compares to alternatives and what it learned from them.

## Intro

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

There have been many tools created before that have helped inspire its creation.