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`status_code` can alternatively also receive an `IntEnum`, such as Python's <a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/http.html#http.HTTPStatus" class="external-link" target="_blank">`http.HTTPStatus`</a>.

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It will:

* Return that status code in the response.
* Document it as such in the OpenAPI schema (and so, in the user interfaces):

* Add support for Python's `http.HTTPStatus` in `status_code` parameters. PR [#1534](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/1534) by [@retnikt](https://github.com/retnikt).