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title: Handlers
description: Methods, such as `fetch()`, on Workers that can receive and process external inputs.
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# Handlers

Handlers are methods on Workers that can receive and process external inputs, and can be invoked from outside your Worker. For example, the `fetch()` handler receives an HTTP request, and can return a response:

JavaScript

```
export default {  async fetch(request, env, ctx) {    return new Response('Hello World!');  },};
```

The following handlers are available within Workers:

* [ Alarm Handler ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/api/alarms/)
* [ Email Handler ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-service/api/route-emails/email-handler/)
* [ Fetch Handler ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/fetch/)
* [ Queue Handler ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/queues/configuration/javascript-apis/#consumer)
* [ Scheduled Handler ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/scheduled/)
* [ Tail Handler ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/tail/)

## Handlers in Python Workers

When you [write Workers in Python](https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/languages/python/), handlers are placed in a class named `Default` that extends the [WorkerEntrypoint class](https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/service-bindings/rpc/) (which you can import from the `workers` SDK module).

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