at `/docs`).

    It takes a single "dependable" callable (like a function).

    Don't call it directly, FastAPI will call it for you.

    Read more about it in the
    [FastAPI docs for Security](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/tutorial/security/) and
    in the
    [FastAPI docs for OAuth2 scopes](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/advanced/security/oauth2-scopes/).

If you need to enforce it, use `OAuth2PasswordRequestFormStrict` instead of `OAuth2PasswordRequestForm`.

///

* An optional `client_id` (we don't need it for our example).
* An optional `client_secret` (we don't need it for our example).

/// info

            if (declared.contains(it) && computed.containsKey(it)) {
                null
            } else if (declared.contains(it)) {
                "Unnecessary declaration $it"
            } else {
                "Missing declaration $it via ${computed[it]}"
            }
        }.map { "   - $it" }
    }
}


private

If it finds it, then it will **use it**. Otherwise it keeps looking in the **other directories**.

### Installing Python and Updating the `PATH` { #installing-python-and-updating-the-path }

When you install Python, you might be asked if you want to update the `PATH` environment variable.

//// tab | Linux, macOS

Let's say you install Python and it ends up in a directory `/opt/custompython/bin`.

```

///

* The `app` directory contains everything. And it has an empty file `app/__init__.py`, so it is a "Python package" (a collection of "Python modules"): `app`.
* It contains an `app/main.py` file. As it is inside a Python package (a directory with a file `__init__.py`), it is a "module" of that package: `app.main`.
* There's also an `app/dependencies.py` file, just like `app/main.py`, it is a "module": `app.dependencies`.

* **FastAPI**:
    * The same way that Starlette uses Uvicorn and cannot be faster than it, **FastAPI** uses Starlette, so it cannot be faster than it.

{* ../../docs_src/path_params_numeric_validations/tutorial001_an_py310.py hl[10] *}

/// note

A path parameter is always required as it has to be part of the path. Even if you declared it with `None` or set a default value, it would not affect anything, it would still be always required.

///

## Order the parameters as you need { #order-the-parameters-as-you-need }

/// tip

    """
    OpenID Connect authentication class. An instance of it would be used as a
    dependency.

    **Warning**: this is only a stub to connect the components with OpenAPI in FastAPI,
    but it doesn't implement the full OpenIdConnect scheme, for example, it doesn't use
    the OpenIDConnect URL. You would need to subclass it and implement it in your
    code.
    """

    def __init__(
        self,
        *,

Deploying a **FastAPI** application is relatively easy.

## What Does Deployment Mean { #what-does-deployment-mean }

To **deploy** an application means to perform the necessary steps to make it **available to the users**.

For a **web API**, it normally involves putting it in a **remote machine**, with a **server program** that provides good performance, stability, etc, so that your **users** can **access** the application efficiently and without interruptions or problems.

Now it's the time to use it with FastAPI. 🚀

We had this type annotation:

```Python
q: str | None = None
```

What we will do is wrap that with `Annotated`, so it becomes:

```Python
q: Annotated[str | None] = None
```

Both of those versions mean the same thing, `q` is a parameter that can be a `str` or `None`, and by default, it is `None`.

Now let's jump to the fun stuff. 🎉