Quiz: What does `request.get_json()` do in Flask route handlers?
request.get_json() parses JSON formatted request bodies, returning `None` if content type is invalid.
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request.get_json() parses JSON formatted request bodies, returning `None` if content type is invalid.
Flask relies on Werkzeug for WSGI request/response handling, routing lookup, and security utility functions.
Depends() allows declaring modular, reusable dependencies (e.g., authentication, DB sessions) injected seamlessly into routes.
BackgroundTasks queues operations executed asynchronously after sending response payloads, preventing request timeouts.
UploadFile uses a spooled temporary file structure, streaming large uploads efficiently without overwhelming RAM.
FastAPI handles synchronous def functions by running them in an internal threadpool, preventing blocking of the async event loop.
Pydantic's BaseSettings reads environment variables into typed Python attributes with fallback default values.
Setting embed=True tells FastAPI to expect JSON payloads formatted as `{"key": "value"}` for single parameters.