"name": "Foo",
            "description": "A very nice Item",
            "price": 35.4,
            "tax": 3.2,
            "tags": ["foo", "bar", "foo"],
        },
    )
    assert response.status_code == 200, response.text
    assert response.json() == {
        "item_id": 123,
        "item": {
            "name": "Foo",
            "description": "A very nice Item",
            "price": 35.4,
            "tax": 3.2,

    response = client.put(
        "/items/5",
        json={"description": "A very nice Item"},
    )
    assert response.status_code == 422, response.text
    assert response.json() == {
        "detail": [
            {
                "loc": ["body", "name"],
                "input": {"description": "A very nice Item"},
                "msg": "Field required",
                "type": "missing",
            },

    response = client.put(
        "/items/5",
        json={"description": "A very nice Item"},
    )
    assert response.status_code == 422, response.text
    assert response.json() == {
        "detail": [
            {
                "loc": ["body", "name"],
                "input": {"description": "A very nice Item"},
                "msg": "Field required",
                "type": "missing",
            },

    return client


def test_post_body_example(client: TestClient):
    response = client.put(
        "/items/5",
        json={
            "name": "Foo",
            "description": "A very nice Item",
            "price": 35.4,
            "tax": 3.2,
        },
    )
    assert response.status_code == 200


def test_openapi_schema(client: TestClient):
    response = client.get("/openapi.json")

    return client


def test_post_body_example(client: TestClient):
    response = client.put(
        "/items/5",
        json={
            "name": "Foo",
            "description": "A very nice Item",
            "price": 35.4,
            "tax": 3.2,
        },
    )
    assert response.status_code == 200


def test_openapi_schema(client: TestClient) -> None:

    return client


def test_post_body_example(client: TestClient):
    response = client.put(
        "/items/5",
        json={
            "name": "Foo",
            "description": "A very nice Item",
            "price": 35.4,
            "tax": 3.2,
        },
    )
    assert response.status_code == 200


def test_openapi_schema(client: TestClient):
    response = client.get("/openapi.json")

    return client


def test_post_body_example(client: TestClient):
    response = client.put(
        "/items/5",
        json={
            "name": "Foo",
            "description": "A very nice Item",
            "price": 35.4,
            "tax": 3.2,
        },
    )
    assert response.status_code == 200


def test_openapi_schema(client: TestClient):
    response = client.get("/openapi.json")

    return client


def test_put_all(client: TestClient):
    response = client.put(
        "/items/123",
        json={
            "name": "Foo",
            "description": "A very nice Item",
            "price": 35.4,
            "tax": 3.2,
            "tags": ["foo", "bar", "foo"],
            "images": [
                {"url": "http://example.com/image.png", "name": "example image"}
            ],

        "name": "Special Offer",
        "description": "This is a special offer",
        "price": 38.6,
        "items": [
            {
                "name": "Foo",
                "description": "A very nice Item",
                "price": 35.4,
                "tax": 3.2,
                "tags": ["foo"],
                "images": [
                    {
                        "url": "http://example.com/image.png",

/// info

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

So, you might still need to use Pydantic models.

But if you have a bunch of dataclasses laying around, this is a nice trick to use them to power a web API using FastAPI. 🤓

///

## Dataclasses in `response_model` { #dataclasses-in-response-model }

You can also use `dataclasses` in the `response_model` parameter: