# Templates { #templates }

You can use any template engine you want with **FastAPI**.

A common choice is Jinja2, the same one used by Flask and other tools.

There are utilities to configure it easily that you can use directly in your **FastAPI** application (provided by Starlette).

## Install dependencies { #install-dependencies }

* **Uvicorn**:
    * Will have the best performance, as it doesn't have much extra code apart from the server itself.

You can use the `StaticFiles` class to serve static files, like JavaScript, CSS, images, etc.

Read more about it in the [FastAPI docs for Static Files](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/tutorial/static-files/).

You can import it directly from `fastapi.staticfiles`:

```python
from fastapi.staticfiles import StaticFiles
```

It includes:

* `Query()`
* `Path()`
* `Body()`
* `Cookie()`
* `Header()`
* `Form()`
* `File()`

You can import them all directly from `fastapi`:

```python
from fastapi import Body, Cookie, File, Form, Header, Path, Query
```

::: fastapi.Query

::: fastapi.Path

::: fastapi.Body

::: fastapi.Cookie

# Templating - `Jinja2Templates`

You can use the `Jinja2Templates` class to render Jinja templates.

Read more about it in the [FastAPI docs for Templates](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/advanced/templates/).

You can import it directly from `fastapi.templating`:

```python
from fastapi.templating import Jinja2Templates
```

# `UploadFile` class

You can define *path operation function* parameters to be of the type `UploadFile` to receive files from the request.

You can import it directly from `fastapi`:

```python
from fastapi import UploadFile
```

::: fastapi.UploadFile
    options:
        members:
            - file
            - filename
            - size
            - headers
            - content_type
            - read

        from ._compat.v2 import with_info_plain_validator_function

        return with_info_plain_validator_function(cls._validate)


class DefaultPlaceholder:
    """
    You shouldn't use this class directly.

    It's used internally to recognize when a default value has been overwritten, even
    if the overridden default value was truthy.
    """

    def __init__(self, value: Any):
        self.value = value

# `FastAPI` class

Here's the reference information for the `FastAPI` class, with all its parameters, attributes and methods.

You can import the `FastAPI` class directly from `fastapi`:

```python
from fastapi import FastAPI
```

::: fastapi.FastAPI
    options:
        members:
            - openapi_version
            - webhooks
            - state
            - dependency_overrides
            - openapi

Here you will see different recipes or "how to" guides for **several topics**.

Most of these ideas would be more or less **independent**, and in most cases you should only need to study them if they apply directly to **your project**.

If something seems interesting and useful to your project, go ahead and check it, but otherwise, you might probably just skip them.

/// tip

 * convenience, to enable developers to pass things like <code>java.lang.StringBuffer</code> directly into the logger,
 * rather than formatting first by calling <code>toString()</code>.
 *
 *
 * @deprecated Use SLF4J directly
 */
@Deprecated
public interface Log {
    /**
     * @return true if the <b>debug</b> error level is enabled
     */