Settings¶

Basic application configuration.

Constructor Parameters¶

from fasthttp import FastHTTP

app = FastHTTP(
    debug=False,             # Debug mode
    http2=False,             # Use HTTP/2
    proxy=None,              # Proxy server
    security=True,           # Enable security
    lifespan=None,           # Lifespan context manager
    middleware=[],           # Middleware list
    raise_for_status=False,  # Raise on 4xx/5xx
    get_request={},          # Default GET settings
    post_request={},         # Default POST settings
    put_request={},          # Default PUT settings
    patch_request={},        # Default PATCH settings
    delete_request={}        # Default DELETE settings
)

Parameter Table¶

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
`debug`	`bool`	`False`	Enable verbose logging
`http2`	`bool`	`False`	Use HTTP/2
`proxy`	`str`	`None`	Proxy server URL
`security`	`bool`	`True`	Enable security features
`lifespan`	`Callable`	`None`	Startup/shutdown handler
`middleware`	`list`	`[]`	Middleware instances
`raise_for_status`	`bool`	`False`	Raise `FastHTTPBadStatusError` on 4xx/5xx for all routes
`get_request`	`dict`	`{}`	Default GET settings
`post_request`	`dict`	`{}`	Default POST settings
`put_request`	`dict`	`{}`	Default PUT settings
`patch_request`	`dict`	`{}`	Default PATCH settings
`delete_request`	`dict`	`{}`	Default DELETE settings

Minimal Configuration¶

from fasthttp import FastHTTP

app = FastHTTP()

Full Configuration¶

from fasthttp import FastHTTP
from fasthttp.middleware import BaseMiddleware


class MyMiddleware(BaseMiddleware):
    pass


app = FastHTTP(
    debug=True,
    http2=False,
    proxy="http://proxy.example.com:8080",
    security=True,
    middleware=[MyMiddleware()],
    get_request={
        "headers": {"User-Agent": "MyApp/1.0"},
        "timeout": 30.0,
    },
    post_request={
        "headers": {"Content-Type": "application/json"},
        "timeout": 60.0,
    },
)

Per-Method Settings¶

Each HTTP method can have its own defaults:

app = FastHTTP(
    get_request={
        "headers": {"Accept": "application/json"},
        "timeout": 30.0,
    },
    post_request={
        "headers": {"Content-Type": "application/json"},
        "timeout": 60.0,
    },
    put_request={
        "headers": {"Content-Type": "application/json"},
        "timeout": 60.0,
    },
    delete_request={
        "headers": {"Accept": "application/json"},
        "timeout": 30.0,
    },
)