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   <a href="https://fastapi.tiangolo.com"><img src="https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/img/logo-margin/logo-teal.png" alt="FastAPI"></a>
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-    <em>FastAPI framework, high performance, easy to learn, fast to code, ready for production</em>
+    <em>for production</em>
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 <a href="https://github.com/fastapi/fastapi/actions?query=workflow%3ATest+event%3Apush+branch%3Amaster" target="_blank">