* {@code remove} method. If you override {@link #iterator}, you may wish to override {@link
   * #clear} to forward to this implementation.
   *
   * @since 7.0
   */
  protected void standardClear() {
    Iterators.clear(iterator());
  }

  /**
   * A sensible definition of {@link #isEmpty} as {@code !iterator().hasNext}. If you override

   * {@code remove} method. If you override {@link #iterator}, you may wish to override {@link
   * #clear} to forward to this implementation.
   *
   * @since 7.0
   */
  protected void standardClear() {
    Iterators.clear(iterator());
  }

  /**
   * A sensible definition of {@link #isEmpty} as {@code !iterator().hasNext}. If you override

/// warning

This is a rather advanced topic.

If you are starting with **FastAPI**, you might not need this.

///

You can declare additional responses, with additional status codes, media types, descriptions, etc.

Those additional responses will be included in the OpenAPI schema, so they will also appear in the API docs.

You can also declare a body as a `dict` with keys of some type and values of some other type.

This way, you don't have to know beforehand what the valid field/attribute names are (as would be the case with Pydantic models).

This would be useful if you want to receive keys that you don't already know.

---

Another useful case is when you want to have keys of another type (e.g., `int`).

But it's possible to customize it, you can set a specific CDN, or serve the files yourself.

## Custom CDN for JavaScript and CSS { #custom-cdn-for-javascript-and-css }

Let's say that you want to use a different <abbr title="Content Delivery Network">CDN</abbr>, for example you want to use `https://unpkg.com/`.

This could be useful if for example you live in a country that restricts some URLs.

   * you override {@link #listIterator()}, you may wish to override {@link #iterator} to forward to
   * this implementation.
   *
   * @since 7.0
   */
  protected Iterator<E> standardIterator() {
    return listIterator();
  }

  /**
   * A sensible default implementation of {@link #listIterator()}, in terms of {@link
   * #listIterator(int)}. If you override {@link #listIterator(int)}, you may wish to override

Do you want to just have a `str`? Or just a `dict`? Or a database class model instance directly? It all works the same way.

You actually don't have users that log in to your application but robots, bots, or other systems, that have just an access token? Again, it all works the same.

If you understood all this, you already know how those utility tools for security work underneath.

///

## Dependencies with `yield`, `HTTPException`, `except` and Background Tasks { #dependencies-with-yield-httpexception-except-and-background-tasks }

/// warning

You most probably don't need these technical details.

/// note | Technical Details

If you have dependencies with `yield`, the exit code will run *after* the middleware.

If there were any background tasks (covered in the [Background Tasks](background-tasks.md) section, you will see it later), they will run *after* all the middleware.

///

## Create a middleware { #create-a-middleware }

To create a middleware you use the decorator `@app.middleware("http")` on top of a function.

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.