But whenever you need them and go and learn them, know that you can already use them directly in **FastAPI**.

### Pydantic v1 `regex` instead of `pattern`

Before Pydantic version 2 and before FastAPI 0.100.0, the parameter was called `regex` instead of `pattern`, but it's now deprecated.

You could still see some code using it:

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```

then *your API* will process the invoice, and at some point later, send a callback request to the `callback_url` (the *external API*):

```
https://www.external.org/events/invoices/2expen51ve
```

with a JSON body containing something like:

```JSON
{
    "description": "Payment celebration",
    "paid": true
}
```

!!! note "`async` Technical Details"
    When you use the `async` methods, **FastAPI** runs the file methods in a threadpool and awaits for them.

!!! note "Starlette Technical Details"
    **FastAPI**'s `UploadFile` inherits directly from **Starlette**'s `UploadFile`, but adds some necessary parts to make it compatible with **Pydantic** and the other parts of FastAPI.

## What is "Form Data"

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That command line program called `fastapi` is **FastAPI CLI**.

FastAPI CLI takes the path to your Python program and automatically detects the variable with the FastAPI (commonly named `app`) and how to import it, and then serves it.

For production you would use `fastapi run` instead. 🚀

      advanced/nosql-databases.md: how-to/nosql-databases-couchbase.md
      advanced/graphql.md: how-to/graphql.md
      advanced/custom-request-and-route.md: how-to/custom-request-and-route.md
      advanced/conditional-openapi.md: how-to/conditional-openapi.md
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# `APIRouter` class

Here's the reference information for the `APIRouter` class, with all its parameters, attributes and methods.

You can import the `APIRouter` class directly from `fastapi`:

```python
from fastapi import APIRouter
```

::: fastapi.APIRouter
    options:
        members:
            - websocket
            - include_router
            - get
            - put
            - post
            - delete

# `FastAPI` class

Here's the reference information for the `FastAPI` class, with all its parameters, attributes and methods.

You can import the `FastAPI` class directly from `fastapi`:

```python
from fastapi import FastAPI
```

::: fastapi.FastAPI
    options:
        members:
            - openapi_version
            - webhooks
            - state
            - dependency_overrides
            - openapi

from dirty_equals import IsDict
from fastapi.testclient import TestClient

from docs_src.custom_request_and_route.tutorial002 import app

client = TestClient(app)


def test_endpoint_works():
    response = client.post("/", json=[1, 2, 3])
    assert response.json() == 6


def test_exception_handler_body_access():
    response = client.post("/", json={"numbers": [1, 2, 3]})
    assert response.json() == IsDict(
        {

import pytest
from dirty_equals import IsDict
from fastapi import FastAPI
from fastapi.testclient import TestClient


@pytest.fixture(name="app")
def get_app():
    from docs_src.request_forms_and_files.tutorial001 import app

    return app


@pytest.fixture(name="client")
def get_client(app: FastAPI):
    client = TestClient(app)
    return client


def test_post_form_no_body(client: TestClient):

}

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