```JSON
{"item_id":3}
```

!!! check
    👀 👈 💲 👆 🔢 📨 (& 📨) `3`, 🐍 `int`, 🚫 🎻 `"3"`.

    , ⏮️ 👈 🆎 📄, **FastAPI** 🤝 👆 🏧 📨 <abbr title="converting the string that comes from an HTTP request into Python data">"✍"</abbr>.

## 💽 🔬

✋️ 🚥 👆 🚶 🖥 <a href="http://127.0.0.1:8000/items/foo" class="external-link" target="_blank">http://127.0.0.1:8000/items/foo</a>, 👆 🔜 👀 👌 🇺🇸🔍 ❌:

!!! check
    Notice that the value your function received (and returned) is `3`, as a Python `int`, not a string `"3"`.

    So, with that type declaration, **FastAPI** gives you automatic request <abbr title="converting the string that comes from an HTTP request into Python data">"parsing"</abbr>.

## Data validation