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

!!! 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`

    ```

Notice that we declare the type of `current_user` as the Pydantic model `User`.

This will help us inside of the function with all the completion and type checks.

!!! tip
    You might remember that request bodies are also declared with Pydantic models.

    Here **FastAPI** won't get confused because you are using `Depends`.

!!! check

## Separating tests

In a real application, you probably would have your tests in a different file.

And your **FastAPI** application might also be composed of several files/modules, etc.

### **FastAPI** app file

Let's say you have a file structure as described in [Bigger Applications](bigger-applications.md){.internal-link target=_blank}:

```
.

.termynal-comment {
  color: #4a968f;
  font-style: italic;
  display: block;
}

.termy {
  /* For right to left languages */
  direction: ltr;
}

.termy [data-termynal] {
  white-space: pre-wrap;
}

a.external-link {
  /* For right to left languages */
  direction: ltr;
  display: inline-block;
}

a.external-link::after {
  /* \00A0 is a non-breaking space

## Create the tables

In this case, we are creating the tables in the same Python file, but in production, you would probably want to create them with Alembic, integrated with migrations, etc.

Here, this section would run directly, right before starting your **FastAPI** application.

* Create an `engine`.
* Create all the tables from the `metadata` object.

```Python hl_lines="25-28"
{!../../../docs_src/async_sql_databases/tutorial001.py!}
```

Here I'm also highlighting contributions from sponsors.

<img src="/img/tutorial/security/image01.png">

!!! check "Authorize button!"
    You already have a shiny new "Authorize" button.

    And your *path operation* has a little lock in the top-right corner that you can click.

And if you click it, you have a little authorization form to type a `username` and `password` (and other optional fields):

<img src="/img/tutorial/security/image02.png">

!!! note

    color: var(--color-text-subtle);
    top: 5px;
    left: 0;
    width: 100%;
    text-align: center;
}

a[data-terminal-control] {
    text-align: right;
    display: block;
    color: #aebbff;
}

[data-ty] {
    display: block;
    line-height: 2;
}

[data-ty]:before {
    /* Set up defaults and ensure empty lines are displayed. */
    content: '';
    display: inline-block;

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