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# Request Forms and Files { #request-forms-and-files }
You can define files and form fields at the same time using `File` and `Form`.
/// info
To receive uploaded files and/or form data, first install <a href="https://github.com/Kludex/python-multipart" class="external-link" target="_blank">`python-multipart`</a>.
Make sure you create a [virtual environment](../virtual-environments.md){.internal-link target=_blank}, activate it, and then install it, for example:
```console
$ pip install python-multipart
```
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## Import `File` and `Form` { #import-file-and-form }
{* ../../docs_src/request_forms_and_files/tutorial001_an_py310.py hl[3] *}
## Define `File` and `Form` parameters { #define-file-and-form-parameters }
Create file and form parameters the same way you would for `Body` or `Query`:
{* ../../docs_src/request_forms_and_files/tutorial001_an_py310.py hl[10:12] *}
The files and form fields will be uploaded as form data and you will receive the files and form fields.
And you can declare some of the files as `bytes` and some as `UploadFile`.
/// warning
You can declare multiple `File` and `Form` parameters in a *path operation*, but you can't also declare `Body` fields that you expect to receive as JSON, as the request will have the body encoded using `multipart/form-data` instead of `application/json`.
This is not a limitation of **FastAPI**, it's part of the HTTP protocol.
///
## Recap { #recap }
Use `File` and `Form` together when you need to receive data and files in the same request.