name: str
            description: str | None = None

        app = FastAPI()

        @app.post("/items/")
        def create_item(item: Item):
            return {"message": "Item created"}
        ```
        """
        return self.router.post(
            path,
            response_model=response_model,
            status_code=status_code,
            tags=tags,

            # would pass the validation and be returned as is.
            # By being a new field, no inheritance will be passed as is. A new model
            # will always be created.
            # TODO: remove when deprecating Pydantic v1
            self.secure_cloned_response_field: Optional[
                ModelField
            ] = create_cloned_field(self.response_field)
        else: