# Using the Request Directly

Up to now, you have been declaring the parts of the request that you need with their types.

Taking data from:

* The path as parameters.
* Headers.
* Cookies.
* etc.

And by doing so, **FastAPI** is validating that data, converting it and generating documentation for your API automatically.

But there are situations where you might need to access the `Request` object directly.

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## Recap

* Import `FastAPI`.
* Create an `app` instance.
* Write a **path operation decorator** using decorators like `@app.get("/")`.
* Define a **path operation function**; for example, `def root(): ...`.

public class SetOperationsTest extends TestCase {
  @J2ktIncompatible
  @GwtIncompatible // suite
  public static Test suite() {
    TestSuite suite = new TestSuite();

    suite.addTest(
        SetTestSuiteBuilder.using(
                new TestStringSetGenerator() {
                  @Override
                  protected Set<String> create(String[] elements) {

    return emptySet();
  }

  protected Collection<Method> suppressForConcurrentSkipListSetWithComparator() {
    return emptySet();
  }

  public Test testsForEmptySet() {
    return SetTestSuiteBuilder.using(
            new TestStringSetGenerator() {
              @Override
              public Set<String> create(String[] elements) {
                return emptySet();
              }
            })

  }

  protected Collection<Method> suppressForConcurrentSkipListSetWithComparator() {
    return emptySet();
  }

  public Test testsForCheckedNavigableSet() {
    return SortedSetTestSuiteBuilder.using(
            new TestStringSortedSetGenerator() {
              @Override
              public NavigableSet<String> create(String[] elements) {
                NavigableSet<String> innerSet = new TreeSet<>();

public class SetOperationsTest extends TestCase {
  @J2ktIncompatible
  @GwtIncompatible // suite
  public static Test suite() {
    TestSuite suite = new TestSuite();

    suite.addTest(
        SetTestSuiteBuilder.using(
                new TestStringSetGenerator() {
                  @Override
                  protected Set<String> create(String[] elements) {