Here's a little bit of that history.

## Alternatives { #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 { #alternatives }

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.

1. Should avoid using simplified Chinese characters and terms. Always examine if the translation can be easily comprehended by the Traditional Chinese readers.
2. For some Python-specific terms like "pickle", "list", "dict" etc, we don't have to translate them.
3. Use the following preferred translations when they apply in documentation prose:

- request (HTTP): 請求
- response (HTTP): 回應
- path operation: 路徑操作
- path operation function: 路徑操作函式

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

if [ -z "$MAVEN_SKIP_RC" ] ; then

  if [ -f /usr/local/etc/mavenrc ] ; then
    . /usr/local/etc/mavenrc
  fi

  if [ -f /etc/mavenrc ] ; then
    . /etc/mavenrc
  fi

  if [ -f "$HOME/.mavenrc" ] ; then
    . "$HOME/.mavenrc"
  fi

fi

# OS specific support. $var _must_ be set to either true or false.

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" '

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" '

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}.

Isso contrasta com as fases de **desenvolvimento**, em que você está constantemente alterando o código, quebrando e consertando, parando e reiniciando o servidor de desenvolvimento, etc.

## Estratégias de Implantação { #deployment-strategies }

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 pwdlib and JWT tokens, etc.
* Add more granular permission controls with OAuth2 scopes where needed.
* ...etc.