Here's a little bit of that history.

## Alternatives

I have been creating APIs with complex requirements for several years (Machine Learning, distributed systems, asynchronous jobs, NoSQL databases, etc), leading several teams of developers.

As part of that, I needed to investigate, test and use many alternatives.

The history of **FastAPI** is in great part the history of its predecessors.

Aqui está um pouco dessa história.

## Alternativas

Eu tenho criado APIs com requisitos complexos por vários anos (Aprendizado de Máquina, sistemas distribuídos, tarefas assíncronas, banco de dados NoSQL etc.), liderando vários times de desenvolvedores.

Como parte disso, eu precisava investigar, testar e usar muitas alternativas.

A história do **FastAPI** é, em grande parte, a história de seus predecessores.

user  nginx;
worker_processes  auto;

error_log  /var/log/nginx/error.log warn;
pid        /var/run/nginx.pid;

events {
    worker_connections  4096;
}

http {
    include       /etc/nginx/mime.types;
    default_type  application/octet-stream;

    log_format  main  '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] "$request" '
                      '$status $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" '

Voici un petit bout de cette histoire.

## Alternatives

Je crée des API avec des exigences complexes depuis plusieurs années (Machine Learning, systèmes distribués, jobs asynchrones, bases de données NoSQL, etc), en dirigeant plusieurs équipes de développeurs.

Dans ce cadre, j'ai dû étudier, tester et utiliser de nombreuses alternatives.

L'histoire de **FastAPI** est en grande partie l'histoire de ses prédécesseurs.

# Utilizando o Request diretamente

Até agora você declarou as partes da requisição que você precisa utilizando os seus tipos.

Obtendo dados de:

* Os parâmetros das rotas.
* Cabeçalhos (*Headers*).
* Cookies.
* etc.

E ao fazer isso, o **FastAPI** está validando as informações, convertendo-as e gerando documentação para a sua API automaticamente.

Porém há situações em que você possa precisar acessar o objeto `Request` diretamente.

# Using the Request Directly

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.

* Never store plaintext passwords, only password hashes.
* Implement and use well-known cryptographic tools, like Passlib and JWT tokens, etc.
* Add more granular permission controls with OAuth2 scopes where needed.
* ...etc.

This will send some identifying information about the Pod to Ztunnel, and, importantly, the Pod's network namespace file descriptor.

Ztunnel will use this to enter the Pod network namespace and start various listeners (inbound, outbound, etc).

> [!NOTE]
> While Ztunnel runs as a single shared binary on the node, each individual pod gets its own unique set of listeners within its own network namespace.

## Pod Startup

### Pod Startup Requirements

Some of the tasks they can perform include:

* Adding labels to PRs.
* Editing PR titles.
* Adding commits on top of PRs to tweak them.
* Mark answers in GitHub Discussions questions, etc.
* Merge some specific types of PRs.

You can see the current team members in [FastAPI People - Team](./fastapi-people.md#team){.internal-link target=_blank}.

Here are some possible ideas:

* An "Init Container" in Kubernetes that runs before your app container
* A bash script that runs the previous steps and then starts your application
    * You would still need a way to start/restart *that* bash script, detect errors, etc.

/// tip