In this example, the function `generate_html_response()` already generates and returns a `Response` instead of returning the HTML in a `str`.

By returning the result of calling `generate_html_response()`, you are already returning a `Response` that will override the default **FastAPI** behavior.

You can also use it directly to create an instance of it and return it from your *path operations*.

Read more about it in the [FastAPI docs about returning a custom Response](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/advanced/response-directly/#returning-a-custom-response)

You can import it directly from `fastapi`:

```python
from fastapi import Response
```

FastAPI will use this return type to:

* **Validate** the returned data.
    * If the data is invalid (e.g. you are missing a field), it means that *your* app code is broken, not returning what it should, and it will return a server error instead of returning incorrect data. This way you and your clients can be certain that they will receive the data and the data shape expected.
* Add a **JSON Schema** for the response, in the OpenAPI *path operation*.

You can also declare the `Response` parameter in dependencies, and set cookies (and headers) in them.

## Return a `Response` directly { #return-a-response-directly }

You can also create cookies when returning a `Response` directly in your code.

To do that, you can create a response as described in [Return a Response Directly](response-directly.md).

Then set Cookies in it, and then return it:

You can add middleware to **FastAPI** applications.

A "middleware" is a function that works with every **request** before it is processed by any specific *path operation*. And also with every **response** before returning it.

* It takes each **request** that comes to your application.
* It can then do something to that **request** or run any needed code.

**FastAPI** provides the same `starlette.responses` as `fastapi.responses` just as a convenience for you, the developer. But most of the available responses come directly from Starlette.

///

## Returning a custom `Response` { #returning-a-custom-response }

    assertFalse(task.isDone());
    task.run();
    assertTrue(task.isDone());
    assertFalse(task.isCancelled());
    assertEquals(2, getDone(task).intValue());
  }

  public void testCancelled() throws Exception {
    TrustedListenableFutureTask<Integer> task = TrustedListenableFutureTask.create(returning(2));
    assertFalse(task.isDone());
    task.cancel(false);

5. You can use other standard type annotations with dataclasses as the request body.

    In this case, it's a list of `Item` dataclasses.

6. Here we are returning a dictionary that contains `items` which is a list of dataclasses.

    FastAPI is still capable of <dfn title="converting the data to a format that can be transmitted">serializing</dfn> the data to JSON.

    assertEquals(1, prepender.times);
  }

  public void testConstructor_returning() throws Exception {
    Invokable<?, Prepender> delegate =
        Prepender.constructor(String.class, int.class).returning(Prepender.class);
    Prepender prepender = delegate.invoke(null, "a", 1);
    assertThat(prepender.prefix).isEqualTo("a");
    assertEquals(1, prepender.times);
  }

    assertFalse(task.isDone());
    task.run();
    assertTrue(task.isDone());
    assertFalse(task.isCancelled());
    assertEquals(2, getDone(task).intValue());
  }

  public void testCancelled() throws Exception {
    TrustedListenableFutureTask<Integer> task = TrustedListenableFutureTask.create(returning(2));
    assertFalse(task.isDone());
    task.cancel(false);