If it doesn't receive it, it returns an HTTP 401 "Unauthorized" error.

And returns a header `WWW-Authenticate` with a value of `Basic`, and an optional `realm` parameter.

That tells the browser to show the integrated prompt for a username and password.

Then, when you type that username and password, the browser sends them in the header automatically.

## Simple HTTP Basic Auth

Now, let's see how you could use that to return a custom response.

Let's say that you want to return an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XML" class="external-link" target="_blank">XML</a> response.

# Extending OpenAPI

There are some cases where you might need to modify the generated OpenAPI schema.

In this section you will see how.

## The normal process

The normal (default) process, is as follows.

A `FastAPI` application (instance) has an `.openapi()` method that is expected to return the OpenAPI schema.

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        - label: I searched the FastAPI documentation, with the integrated search.
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        - label: I already searched in Google "How to X in FastAPI" and didn't find any information.
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        - label: I already read and followed all the tutorial in the docs and didn't find an answer.
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{!../../../docs_src/templates/templates/item.html!}
```

### Template Context Values

In the HTML that contains:

{% raw %}

```jinja
Item ID: {{ id }}
```

{% endraw %}

...it will show the `id` taken from the "context" `dict` you passed:

```Python
{"id": id}
```

For example, with an ID of `42`, this would render:

```html
Item ID: 42
```

### Template `url_for` Arguments

## Lifespan

You can define this *startup* and *shutdown* logic using the `lifespan` parameter of the `FastAPI` app, and a "context manager" (I'll show you what that is in a second).

Let's start with an example and then see it in detail.

We create an async function `lifespan()` with `yield` like this:

```Python hl_lines="16  19"

I'll also show you the **official Docker image** that includes **Gunicorn with Uvicorn workers** and some default configurations that can be useful for simple cases.

It won't show up in the documentation, but other tools (such as Sphinx) will be able to use the rest.

```Python hl_lines="19-29"
{!../../../docs_src/path_operation_advanced_configuration/tutorial004.py!}
```

## Additional Responses

You probably have seen how to declare the `response_model` and `status_code` for a *path operation*.

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).

    with the API key and integrates that into the OpenAPI documentation. It extracts
    the key value sent in the query parameter automatically and provides it as the
    dependency result. But it doesn't define how to send that API key to the client.

    ## Usage

    Create an instance object and use that object as the dependency in `Depends()`.

    The dependency result will be a string containing the key value.