But there are situations where you might need to access the `Request` object directly.

## Details about the `Request` object { #details-about-the-request-object }

///

/// tip

To declare form bodies, you need to use `Form` explicitly, because without it the parameters would be interpreted as query parameters or body (JSON) parameters.

///

## About "Form Fields" { #about-form-fields }

The way HTML forms (`<form></form>`) sends the data to the server normally uses a "special" encoding for that data, it's different from JSON.

* etc.

It can be convenient to quickly access HTTP (and WebSocket) status codes in your app, using autocompletion for the name without having to remember the integer status codes by memory.

Read more about it in the [FastAPI docs about Response Status Code](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/tutorial/response-status-code/).

## Example

```python
from fastapi import FastAPI, status

app = FastAPI()

Here's a small preview of how you could integrate Strawberry with FastAPI:

{* ../../docs_src/graphql/tutorial001.py hl[3,22,25] *}

You can learn more about Strawberry in the <a href="https://strawberry.rocks/" class="external-link" target="_blank">Strawberry documentation</a>.

And also the docs about <a href="https://strawberry.rocks/docs/integrations/fastapi" class="external-link" target="_blank">Strawberry with FastAPI</a>.

     */
    InputStream getInputStream() throws IOException;

    /**
     * Provides a user-friendly hint about the location of the source. This could be a local file path, a URI or just an
     * empty string. The intention is to assist users during error reporting.
     *
     * @return A user-friendly hint about the location of the source, never {@code null}.
     */
    String getLocation();

I'll show you some concrete examples in the next chapters.

---

Then the next concepts to consider are all about the program running your actual API (e.g. Uvicorn).

## Program and Process { #program-and-process }

We will talk a lot about the running "**process**", so it's useful to have clarity about what it means, and what's the difference with the word "**program**".

### What is a Program { #what-is-a-program }

wandered about in the wood, `is to grow to my right size again;
and the second thing is to find my way into that lovely garden.
I think that will be the best plan.'

  It sounded an excellent plan, no doubt, and very neatly and
simply arranged; the only difficulty was, that she had not the
smallest idea how to set about it; and while she was peering
about anxiously among the trees, a little sharp bark just over

And all the ideas in the section about [adding `dependencies` to the *path operation decorators*](dependencies-in-path-operation-decorators.md){.internal-link target=_blank} still apply, but in this case, to all of the *path operations* in the app.

## Dependencies for groups of *path operations* { #dependencies-for-groups-of-path-operations }

```

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This information will be useful when learning about [Virtual Environments](virtual-environments.md){.internal-link target=_blank}.

## Conclusion { #conclusion }

With this you should have a basic understanding of what **environment variables** are and how to use them in Python.

/// note

Some response codes (see the next section) indicate that the response does not have a body.

FastAPI knows this, and will produce OpenAPI docs that state there is no response body.

///

## About HTTP status codes { #about-http-status-codes }

/// note

If you already know what HTTP status codes are, skip to the next section.

///

In HTTP, you send a numeric status code of 3 digits as part of the response.