# 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.

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Sebastián Ramírez <******@****.***> 1728247014 +0200

Sebastián Ramírez <******@****.***> 1728247014 +0200

Sebastián Ramírez <******@****.***> 1728247014 +0200

# ADR-0002 - Avoid using Java serialization

## Date

2012-12-01

## Context

In Gradle we often need to serialize in-memory objects for caching, or to transmit them across process barriers, etc.
Java serialization is one way to implement this, however, despite its simplicity of implementation, it has several drawbacks:

- **Performance:**
Java's built-in serialization mechanism is often slower compared to other serialization solutions.

// =============================================================================

using tensorflow::AbstractContext;
using tensorflow::AbstractTensorHandle;
using tensorflow::dyn_cast;
using tensorflow::ImmediateExecutionContext;
using tensorflow::ImmediateExecutionTensorHandle;
using tensorflow::string;
using tensorflow::unwrap;
using tensorflow::wrap;
using tensorflow::strings::StrCat;

		builder.WriteString("JOIN ")
		builder.WriteQuoted(join.Table)

		if len(join.ON.Exprs) > 0 {
			builder.WriteString(" ON ")
			join.ON.Build(builder)
		} else if len(join.Using) > 0 {
			builder.WriteString(" USING (")
			for idx, c := range join.Using {
				if idx > 0 {
					builder.WriteByte(',')
				}
				builder.WriteQuoted(c)
			}
			builder.WriteByte(')')
		}
	}

				},
			},
			sql: "CROSS JOIN `user` ON `user_info`.`user_id` = `users`.`id`",
		},
		{
			name: "USING",
			join: clause.Join{
				Type:  clause.InnerJoin,
				Table: clause.Table{Name: "user"},
				Using: []string{"id"},
			},
			sql: "INNER JOIN `user` USING (`id`)",
		},
		{
			name: "Expression",
			join: clause.Join{
				// Invalid
				Type:  clause.LeftJoin,

## Recap

* Import `FastAPI`.
* Create an `app` instance.
* Write a **path operation decorator** using decorators like `@app.get("/")`.
* Define a **path operation function**; for example, `def root(): ...`.