# Settings and Environment Variables { #settings-and-environment-variables }

In many cases your application could need some external settings or configurations, for example secret keys, database credentials, credentials for email services, etc.

Most of these settings are variable (can change), like database URLs. And many could be sensitive, like secrets.

For this reason it's common to provide them in environment variables that are read by the application.

/// tip

The modules under this directory will be released exactly once each. Once that

   * does not need to be escaped. When called as part of an escaping operation, the given code point
   * is guaranteed to be in the range {@code 0 <= cp <= Character#MAX_CODE_POINT}.
   *
   * <p>If an empty array is returned, this effectively strips the input character from the
   * resulting text.
   *
   * <p>If the character does not need to be escaped, this method should return {@code null}, rather

   * does not need to be escaped. When called as part of an escaping operation, the given code point
   * is guaranteed to be in the range {@code 0 <= cp <= Character#MAX_CODE_POINT}.
   *
   * <p>If an empty array is returned, this effectively strips the input character from the
   * resulting text.
   *
   * <p>If the character does not need to be escaped, this method should return {@code null}, rather

# Dependencies in path operation decorators { #dependencies-in-path-operation-decorators }

In some cases you don't really need the return value of a dependency inside your *path operation function*.

Or the dependency doesn't return a value.

But you still need it to be executed/solved.

For those cases, instead of declaring a *path operation function* parameter with `Depends`, you can add a `list` of `dependencies` to the *path operation decorator*.

# Form Data { #form-data }

When you need to receive form fields instead of JSON, you can use `Form`.

/// info

To use forms, first install <a href="https://github.com/Kludex/python-multipart" class="external-link" target="_blank">`python-multipart`</a>.

Make sure you create a [virtual environment](../virtual-environments.md){.internal-link target=_blank}, activate it, and then install it, for example:

```console
$ pip install python-multipart
```

            return false;
        }
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     *
     * @see java.util.Iterator#hasNext()
     */
    @Override
    public boolean hasNext() {
        return this.next != null;
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     *
     * @see java.util.Iterator#next()
     */
    @Override
    public FileEntry next() {
        final FileEntry n = this.next;

  "accessKey": "minioadmin"
}
```

### Kafka Target

Assuming that you already have Apache Kafka configured and running.

```
mc admin config set myminio/ audit_kafka
KEY:
audit_kafka[:name]  send audit logs to kafka endpoints

ARGS:
brokers*         (csv)       comma separated list of Kafka broker addresses
topic            (string)    Kafka topic used for bucket notifications

        long newPosition = 100L;
        smbRandomAccessFile.seek(newPosition);
        assertEquals(newPosition, smbRandomAccessFile.getFilePointer());
    }

    @Test
    void testSeekNegativePosition() throws SmbException {
        // seek doesn't throw exception for negative position, it just sets it
        smbRandomAccessFile.seek(-1);
        assertEquals(-1, smbRandomAccessFile.getFilePointer());
    }

need it so that empty directory does not get deleted...