# Support

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- For in-depth information about how to use Istio, visit [istio.io](https://istio.io)
- To ask questions and get assistance from our community, visit [GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/istio/istio/discussions)

/// tip

**GraphQL** solves some very specific use cases.

It has **advantages** and **disadvantages** when compared to common **web APIs**.

Make sure you evaluate if the **benefits** for your use case compensate the **drawbacks**. 🤓

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## GraphQL Libraries

Here are some of the **GraphQL** libraries that have **ASGI** support. You could use them with **FastAPI**:

     * is given by {@link #getSource()}.
     *
     * @return The one-based index of the line containing the problem or a non-positive value if unknown.
     */
    int getLineNumber();

    /**
     * Gets the one-based index of the column containing the problem. The column number should refer to some text file
     * that is given by {@link #getSource()}.
     *

The way you use it is very simple. For example, to do a `GET` request, you would write:

```Python
response = requests.get("http://example.com/some/url")
```

The FastAPI counterpart API *path operation* could look like:

```Python hl_lines="1"
@app.get("/some/url")
def read_url():
    return {"message": "Hello World"}
```

See the similarities in `requests.get(...)` and `@app.get(...)`.

    * This is particularly important for **security**, we'll see more of that below.

## `response_model` Parameter

There are some cases where you need or want to return some data that is not exactly what the type declares.

    if model_name.value == "lenet":
        return {"model_name": model_name, "message": "LeCNN all the images"}

* Great editor support.
* Data conversion from incoming requests.
* Data conversion for response data.
* Data validation.
* Automatic annotation and documentation.

## Other data types

Here are some of the additional data types you can use:

* `UUID`:
    * A standard "Universally Unique Identifier", common as an ID in many databases and systems.
    * In requests and responses will be represented as a `str`.

     * is given by {@link #getSource()}.
     *
     * @return the one-based index of the line containing the problem or a non-positive value if unknown
     */
    int getLineNumber();

    /**
     * Gets the one-based index of the column containing the problem. The column number should refer to some text file
     * that is given by {@link #getSource()}.
     *

     * <syntax>project.distributionManagementArtifactRepository</syntax>
     * <origin><![CDATA[
     * <distributionManagement>
     * <repository>
     * <id>some-repo</id>
     * <url>scp://host/path</url>
     * </repository>
     * <snapshotRepository>
     * <id>some-snap-repo</id>
     * <url>scp://host/snapshot-path</url>
     * </snapshotRepository>
     * </distributionManagement>
     * ]]></origin>
     * <usage><![CDATA[

					toSend = append(toSend, payload...)
					select {
					case <-ctx.Done():
						return nil
					case out <- toSend:
					}
				}
				return nil
			},

			Subroute:    "some-subroute",
			OutCapacity: 1, // Only one message buffered.
			InCapacity:  0,
		}))
		errFatal(err)
	}
	const payloadSize = 512
	rng := rand.New(rand.NewSource(time.Now().UnixNano()))