diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 378eac2..9938efb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
 build
+
+template
+.secrets
diff --git a/stack.yml b/stack.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e04246
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stack.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+version: 1.0
+provider:
+  name: openfaas
+  gateway: http://127.0.0.1:8080
+functions:
+  variable-payload:
+    lang: python3-fastapi-debian
+    handler: ./variable-payload
+    image: ttl.sh/variable-payload:latest
+
diff --git a/template/python3-fastapi-debian/Dockerfile b/template/python3-fastapi-debian/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..928cdfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/template/python3-fastapi-debian/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+ARG PYTHON_VERSION=3.11
+FROM --platform=${TARGETPLATFORM:-linux/amd64} ghcr.io/openfaas/of-watchdog:0.9.11 as watchdog
+FROM --platform=${TARGETPLATFORM:-linux/amd64} python:${PYTHON_VERSION}-slim-buster as build
+
+COPY --from=watchdog /fwatchdog /usr/bin/fwatchdog
+RUN chmod +x /usr/bin/fwatchdog
+
+ARG ADDITIONAL_PACKAGE
+# Alternatively use ADD https:// (which will not be cached by Docker builder)
+
+RUN apt-get -qy update \
+    && apt-get -qy install curl ${ADDITIONAL_PACKAGE} \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# Add non root user
+RUN addgroup --system app && adduser app --system --ingroup app
+RUN chown app /home/app
+
+USER app
+
+ENV PATH=$PATH:/home/app/.local/bin
+
+WORKDIR /home/app/
+
+COPY --chown=app:app main.py           .
+COPY --chown=app:app requirements.txt   .
+
+USER root
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+USER app
+
+RUN mkdir -p function
+RUN touch ./function/__init__.py
+WORKDIR /home/app/function/
+COPY --chown=app:app function/requirements.txt	.
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --user -r requirements.txt
+
+USER root
+COPY --chown=app:app function/   .
+
+FROM build as ship
+WORKDIR /home/app/
+
+USER app
+
+ENV fprocess="uvicorn main:app"
+ENV cgi_headers="true"
+ENV mode="http"
+ENV upstream_url="http://127.0.0.1:5000"
+
+ENV UVICORN_PORT=5000
+
+HEALTHCHECK --interval=5s CMD [ -e /tmp/.lock ] || exit 1
+
+CMD ["fwatchdog"]
diff --git a/template/python3-fastapi-debian/function/handler.py b/template/python3-fastapi-debian/function/handler.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..315e91f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/template/python3-fastapi-debian/function/handler.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+def handle(event, context):
+
+    
+    return {
+        "statusCode": 200,
+        "body": "Hello from OpenFaaS! {}".format(event.body.decode("utf-8")),
+    }
diff --git a/template/python3-fastapi-debian/function/handler_test.py b/template/python3-fastapi-debian/function/handler_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b07d5bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/template/python3-fastapi-debian/function/handler_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+from .handler import handle
+
+# Test your handler here
+
+# To disable testing, you can set the build_arg `TEST_ENABLED=false` on the CLI or in your stack.yml
+# https://docs.openfaas.com/reference/yaml/#function-build-args-build-args
+
+def test_handle():
+    # assert handle("input") == "input"
+    pass
diff --git a/template/python3-fastapi-debian/function/requirements.txt b/template/python3-fastapi-debian/function/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/template/python3-fastapi-debian/main.py b/template/python3-fastapi-debian/main.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..760f817
--- /dev/null
+++ b/template/python3-fastapi-debian/main.py
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+from fastapi import FastAPI, Request
+import json
+
+app = FastAPI()
+
+import os
+
+from function import handler
+
+class Event:
+    def __init__(self, request: Request,body ):
+        self.body = body
+        self.headers = request.headers
+        self.method = request.method
+        self.query = request.query_params
+        self.path = request.url.path
+
+class Context:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.hostname = os.getenv('HOSTNAME', 'localhost')
+
+def format_status_code(res):
+    if 'statusCode' in res:
+        return res['statusCode']
+    
+    return 200
+
+def format_body(res, content_type):
+    if content_type == 'application/octet-stream':
+        return res['body']
+
+    if 'body' not in res:
+        return ""
+    elif type(res['body']) == dict:
+        return json.dumps(res['body'])
+    else:
+        return str(res['body'])
+
+def format_headers(res):
+    if 'headers' not in res:
+        return []
+    elif type(res['headers']) == dict:
+        headers = []
+        for key in res['headers'].keys():
+            header_tuple = (key, res['headers'][key])
+            headers.append(header_tuple)
+        return headers
+    
+    return res['headers']
+
+def get_content_type(res):
+    content_type = ""
+    if 'headers' in res:
+        content_type = res['headers'].get('Content-type', '')
+    return content_type
+
+def format_response(res):
+    if res == None:
+        return ('', 200)
+
+    statusCode = format_status_code(res)
+    content_type = get_content_type(res)
+    body = format_body(res, content_type)
+
+    headers = format_headers(res)
+
+    return (body, statusCode, headers)
+
+@app.api_route("/", methods=["GET", "POST", "DELETE", "PUT", "PATCH", "OPTIONS", "HEAD"])
+async def root(request: Request):
+
+    body = await request.body()
+    event = Event(request, body)
+
+    context = Context()
+
+    response_data = handler.handle(event, context)
+    
+    res = format_response(response_data)
+    return res
diff --git a/template/python3-fastapi-debian/requirements.txt b/template/python3-fastapi-debian/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d1f80a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/template/python3-fastapi-debian/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+uvicorn
+fastapi
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diff --git a/template/python3-fastapi-debian/template.yml b/template/python3-fastapi-debian/template.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7dfdbca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/template/python3-fastapi-debian/template.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+language: python3-fastapi-debian
+build_options:
+  - name: libpq
+    packages: 
+      - libpq-dev
+      - gcc
+      - python3-dev
+fprocess: uvicorn main:app
diff --git a/variable-payload/handler.py b/variable-payload/handler.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1a9910c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/variable-payload/handler.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import random
+import sys
+
+def handle(event, context):
+    payload_size_mb = 1
+
+    if "payload_size_mb" in event.query:
+        payload_size_mb = int(event.query["payload_size_mb"])
+
+    sys.stderr.write("payload_size_mb: {}\n".format(payload_size_mb))
+
+    ret_val = ""
+    # Generate a random number for ASCII between A and Z
+    for i in range(0, 1024*1024*payload_size_mb):
+        random_ch = random.randint(65, 90)
+        ret_val += chr(random_ch)
+
+    # Generate a random string of size: payload_size_mb
+    ret = {
+        "payload_size_mb": payload_size_mb,
+        "payload": ret_val,
+    }
+    
+    return {
+        "statusCode": 200,
+        "body": ret,
+    }
diff --git a/variable-payload/handler_test.py b/variable-payload/handler_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b07d5bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/variable-payload/handler_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+from .handler import handle
+
+# Test your handler here
+
+# To disable testing, you can set the build_arg `TEST_ENABLED=false` on the CLI or in your stack.yml
+# https://docs.openfaas.com/reference/yaml/#function-build-args-build-args
+
+def test_handle():
+    # assert handle("input") == "input"
+    pass
diff --git a/variable-payload/r.py b/variable-payload/r.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..26ad147
--- /dev/null
+++ b/variable-payload/r.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import random
+
+def h():
+    payload_size_mb = 1
+
+    ret_val = ""
+    # Generate a random number for ASCII between A and Z
+    for i in range(0, 1024*1024):
+        random_ch = random.randint(65, 90)
+        ret_val += chr(random_ch)
+
+    # Generate a random string of size: payload_size_mb
+    ret = {
+        "payload_size_mb": payload_size_mb,
+        "payload": ret_val,
+    }
+
+    return ret
+
+print(h())
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diff --git a/variable-payload/requirements.txt b/variable-payload/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29