# Extra Models { #extra-models }

Continuing with the previous example, it will be common to have more than one related model.

This is especially the case for user models, because:

* The **input model** needs to be able to have a password.
* The **output model** should not have a password.
* The **database model** would probably need to have a hashed password.

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# Query Parameter Models { #query-parameter-models }

If you have a group of **query parameters** that are related, you can create a **Pydantic model** to declare them.

This would allow you to **re-use the model** in **multiple places** and also to declare validations and metadata for all the parameters at once. 😎

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This is supported since FastAPI version `0.115.0`. 🤓

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# Cookie Parameter Models { #cookie-parameter-models }

If you have a group of **cookies** that are related, you can create a **Pydantic model** to declare them. 🍪

This would allow you to **re-use the model** in **multiple places** and also to declare validations and metadata for all the parameters at once. 😎

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This is supported since FastAPI version `0.115.0`. 🤓

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# Header Parameter Models { #header-parameter-models }

If you have a group of related **header parameters**, you can create a **Pydantic model** to declare them.

This would allow you to **re-use the model** in **multiple places** and also to declare validations and metadata for all the parameters at once. 😎

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This is supported since FastAPI version `0.115.0`. 🤓

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# Body - Nested Models { #body-nested-models }

With **FastAPI**, you can define, validate, document, and use arbitrarily deeply nested models (thanks to Pydantic).

## List fields { #list-fields }

You can define an attribute to be a subtype. For example, a Python `list`:

{* ../../docs_src/body_nested_models/tutorial001_py310.py hl[12] *}

This will make `tags` be a list, although it doesn't declare the type of the elements of the list.

# Form Models { #form-models }

You can use **Pydantic models** to declare **form fields** in FastAPI.

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To use forms, 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
```

{* ../../docs_src/first_steps/tutorial001.py hl[8] *}

You can return a `dict`, `list`, singular values as `str`, `int`, etc.

You can also return Pydantic models (you'll see more about that later).

There are many other objects and models that will be automatically converted to JSON (including ORMs, etc). Try using your favorite ones, it's highly probable that they are already supported.

## Recap { #recap }

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These are technical details that you might skip if it's not important for you now.

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`RequestValidationError` is a sub-class of Pydantic's <a href="https://docs.pydantic.dev/latest/concepts/models/#error-handling" class="external-link" target="_blank">`ValidationError`</a>.

**FastAPI** uses it so that, if you use a Pydantic model in `response_model`, and your data has an error, you will see the error in your log.

* data validation
* data serialization
* data documentation, etc.

This works the same way as with Pydantic models. And it is actually achieved in the same way underneath, using Pydantic.

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Keep in mind that dataclasses can't do everything Pydantic models can do.

So, you might still need to use Pydantic models.

You can see those schemas because they were declared with the models in the app.

That information is available in the app's **OpenAPI schema**, and then shown in the API docs.

That same information from the models that is included in OpenAPI is what can be used to **generate the client code**.

### Hey API { #hey-api }