[QUESTION] How can I attach a dependency outside function parameters?

Description

Is it possible to attach a dependency outside function parameters??

Additional context

For example, I want to move this “UserCan” dependency in a decorator somehow, because I would not use the user_id it returns while it must enforce the security policies it implements.

The reason is because linters will warn about unused variables…

@router.get('/{username}', summary='Get user profile details',
            response_model=UserProfileResponse)
async def get_user_profile(username: str,
                           user_id: str = Depends(UserCan('do_ordinary_stuff'))):

[tiangolo]

This is now implemented in version 0.22.0 🎉

You can do:

@app.get("/items/", dependencies=[Depends(verify_token), Depends(verify_key)])
async def read_items():
    return [{"item": "Foo"}, {"item": "Bar"}]

The new docs are here: https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/tutorial/dependencies/dependencies-in-path-operation-decorators/

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And you can also use it in routers, like:

app.include_router(
    items.router,
    prefix="/items",
    tags=["items"],
    dependencies=[Depends(get_token_header)],
)

The relevant docs are here: https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/tutorial/bigger-applications/#include-an-apirouter-with-a-prefix-tags-responses-and-dependencies

(This should solve your use case @cjw296 )

[mths0x5f]

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