authors:
  - family-names: Abadi
    given-names: Martín

But there are several cases in which you might benefit from using `UploadFile`.

## File Parameters with `UploadFile` { #file-parameters-with-uploadfile }

Define a file parameter with a type of `UploadFile`:

{* ../../docs_src/request_files/tutorial001_an_py39.py hl[14] *}

Using `UploadFile` has several advantages over `bytes`:

import static com.google.common.collect.testing.Helpers.assertEmpty;
import static com.google.common.collect.testing.Helpers.mapEntry;
import static com.google.common.collect.testing.features.CollectionSize.SEVERAL;
import static com.google.common.collect.testing.features.CollectionSize.ZERO;
import static com.google.common.collect.testing.features.MapFeature.ALLOWS_NULL_VALUES;

But when checking benchmarks and comparisons you should keep the following in mind.

## Benchmarks and speed { #benchmarks-and-speed }

When you check the benchmarks, it is common to see several tools of different types compared as equivalent.

Specifically, to see Uvicorn, Starlette and FastAPI compared together (among many other tools).

import static com.google.common.collect.testing.Helpers.assertEmpty;
import static com.google.common.collect.testing.Helpers.mapEntry;
import static com.google.common.collect.testing.features.CollectionSize.SEVERAL;
import static com.google.common.collect.testing.features.CollectionSize.ZERO;
import static com.google.common.collect.testing.features.MapFeature.ALLOWS_NULL_VALUES;

import static com.google.common.collect.testing.features.CollectionFeature.SUPPORTS_REMOVE;
import static com.google.common.collect.testing.features.CollectionSize.SEVERAL;
import static com.google.common.collect.testing.features.CollectionSize.ZERO;
import static com.google.common.collect.testing.testers.ReflectionFreeAssertThrows.assertThrows;

import com.google.common.annotations.GwtCompatible;

# Path Operation Configuration { #path-operation-configuration }

There are several parameters that you can pass to your *path operation decorator* to configure it.

/// warning

Notice that these parameters are passed directly to the *path operation decorator*, not to your *path operation function*.

///

## Response Status Code { #response-status-code }

You can define the (HTTP) `status_code` to be used in the response of your *path operation*.

## Integrated middlewares { #integrated-middlewares }

**FastAPI** includes several middlewares for common use cases, we'll see next how to use them.

/// note | Technical Details

For the next examples, you could also use `from starlette.middleware.something import SomethingMiddleware`.

import static com.google.common.collect.testing.Helpers.mapEntry;
import static com.google.common.collect.testing.features.CollectionSize.ONE;
import static com.google.common.collect.testing.features.CollectionSize.SEVERAL;
import static com.google.common.collect.testing.features.CollectionSize.ZERO;
import static com.google.common.collect.testing.features.MapFeature.ALLOWS_NULL_KEYS;

import static com.google.common.collect.testing.features.CollectionFeature.SUPPORTS_REMOVE;
import static com.google.common.collect.testing.features.CollectionSize.SEVERAL;
import static com.google.common.collect.testing.features.CollectionSize.ZERO;
import static com.google.common.collect.testing.testers.ReflectionFreeAssertThrows.assertThrows;

import com.google.common.annotations.GwtCompatible;