They are, more or less, at opposite ends, complementing each other.

Requests has a very simple and intuitive design, it's very easy to use, with sensible defaults. But at the same time, it's very powerful and customizable.

That's why, as said in the official website:

> Requests is one of the most downloaded Python packages of all time

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

```Python

from docs_src.query_params.tutorial005_py39 import app

client = TestClient(app)


def test_foo_needy_very():
    response = client.get("/items/foo?needy=very")
    assert response.status_code == 200
    assert response.json() == {"item_id": "foo", "needy": "very"}


def test_foo_no_needy():
    response = client.get("/items/foo")
    assert response.status_code == 422
    assert response.json() == {
        "detail": [

    return client


def test_post_body_example(client: TestClient):
    response = client.put(
        "/items/5",
        json={
            "name": "Foo",
            "description": "A very nice Item",
            "price": 35.4,
            "tax": 3.2,
        },
    )
    assert response.status_code == 200


def test_openapi_schema(client: TestClient):
    response = client.get("/openapi.json")

    return client


def test_post_body_example(client: TestClient):
    response = client.put(
        "/items/5",
        json={
            "name": "Foo",
            "description": "A very nice Item",
            "price": 35.4,
            "tax": 3.2,
        },
    )
    assert response.status_code == 200


def test_openapi_schema(client: TestClient):
    response = client.get("/openapi.json")

    return client


def test_post_body_example(client: TestClient):
    response = client.put(
        "/items/5",
        json={
            "name": "Foo",
            "description": "A very nice Item",
            "price": 35.4,
            "tax": 3.2,
        },
    )
    assert response.status_code == 200


def test_openapi_schema(client: TestClient):
    response = client.get("/openapi.json")

    return client


def test_post_body_example(client: TestClient):
    response = client.put(
        "/items/5",
        json={
            "name": "Foo",
            "description": "A very nice Item",
            "price": 35.4,
            "tax": 3.2,
        },
    )
    assert response.status_code == 200


def test_openapi_schema(client: TestClient):
    response = client.get("/openapi.json")

{* ../../docs_src/dependencies/tutorial005_an_py310.py hl[8:9] *}

It declares an optional query parameter `q` as a `str`, and then it just returns it.

This is quite simple (not very useful), but will help us focus on how the sub-dependencies work.

## Second dependency, "dependable" and "dependant" { #second-dependency-dependable-and-dependant }

@app.put("/items/{item_id}")
async def update_item(
    item_id: int,
    item: Item = Body(
        examples=[
            {
                "name": "Foo",
                "description": "A very nice Item",
                "price": 35.4,
                "tax": 3.2,
            }
        ],
    ),
):
    results = {"item_id": item_id, "item": item}

from fastapi import FastAPI
from pydantic import BaseModel, Field

app = FastAPI()


class Item(BaseModel):
    name: str = Field(examples=["Foo"])
    description: str | None = Field(default=None, examples=["A very nice Item"])
    price: float = Field(examples=[35.4])
    tax: float | None = Field(default=None, examples=[3.2])


@app.put("/items/{item_id}")
async def update_item(item_id: int, item: Item):

async def update_item(
    item_id: int,
    item: Annotated[
        Item,
        Body(
            examples=[
                {
                    "name": "Foo",
                    "description": "A very nice Item",
                    "price": 35.4,
                    "tax": 3.2,
                }
            ],
        ),
    ],
):
    results = {"item_id": item_id, "item": item}