# Return a Response Directly

When you create a **FastAPI** *path operation* you can normally return any data from it: a `dict`, a `list`, a Pydantic model, a database model, etc.

By default, **FastAPI** would automatically convert that return value to JSON using the `jsonable_encoder` explained in [JSON Compatible Encoder](../tutorial/encoder.md){.internal-link target=_blank}.

package callbacks

import (
	"reflect"
	"sort"

	"gorm.io/gorm"
	"gorm.io/gorm/clause"
)

// ConvertMapToValuesForCreate convert map to values
func ConvertMapToValuesForCreate(stmt *gorm.Statement, mapValue map[string]interface{}) (values clause.Values) {
	values.Columns = make([]clause.Column, 0, len(mapValue))
	selectColumns, restricted := stmt.SelectAndOmitColumns(true, false)

	keys := make([]string, 0, len(mapValue))

andLineConverter.class package org.apache.maven.wrapper.cli; public abstract interface CommandLineConverter { public abstract Object convert(Iterable) throws CommandLineArgumentE; public abstract Object convert(Iterable, Object) throws CommandLineArgumentE; public abstract Object convert(ParsedCommandLine) throws CommandLineArgumentE; public abstract Object convert(ParsedCommandLine, Object) throws CommandLineArgumentE; public abstract void configure(CommandLineParser); } org/apache/maven/wrappe...

import org.codelibs.core.collection.CaseInsensitiveMap;
import org.codelibs.core.convert.ByteConversionUtil;
import org.codelibs.core.convert.DoubleConversionUtil;
import org.codelibs.core.convert.FloatConversionUtil;
import org.codelibs.core.convert.IntegerConversionUtil;
import org.codelibs.core.convert.LongConversionUtil;
import org.codelibs.core.convert.ShortConversionUtil;
import org.codelibs.core.exception.BeanFieldSetAccessibleFailureException;

import static org.codelibs.core.misc.AssertionUtil.assertArgumentNotNull;

import java.util.Date;

import org.codelibs.core.beans.Converter;
import org.codelibs.core.convert.StringConversionUtil;
import org.codelibs.core.convert.TimestampConversionUtil;

/**
 * 日時用のコンバータです。
 *
 * @author higa
 */
public class TimestampConverter implements Converter {

    /**
     * 日時のパターンです。
     */

			}
		}

		if reflect.ValueOf(got).Type().ConvertibleTo(reflect.ValueOf(expect).Type()) {
			got = reflect.ValueOf(got).Convert(reflect.ValueOf(expect).Type()).Interface()
			isEqual()
		} else if reflect.ValueOf(expect).Type().ConvertibleTo(reflect.ValueOf(got).Type()) {
			expect = reflect.ValueOf(got).Convert(reflect.ValueOf(got).Type()).Interface()
			isEqual()
		} else {

	if ns.SingularTable {
		return ns.toSchemaName(table)
	}
	return ns.toSchemaName(inflection.Singular(table))
}

// ColumnName convert string to column name
func (ns NamingStrategy) ColumnName(table, column string) string {
	return ns.toDBName(column)
}

// JoinTableName convert string to join table name
func (ns NamingStrategy) JoinTableName(str string) string {
	if !ns.NoLowerCase && strings.ToLower(str) == str {

So, even with the code above that doesn't use Pydantic explicitly, FastAPI is using Pydantic to convert those standard dataclasses to Pydantic's own flavor of dataclasses.

And of course, it supports the same:

* data validation
* data serialization
* data documentation, etc.

                        "tax": 3.2,
                    },
                },
                "converted": {
                    "summary": "An example with converted data",
                    "description": "FastAPI can convert price `strings` to actual `numbers` automatically",
                    "value": {
                        "name": "Bar",
                        "price": "35.4",
                    },
                },

  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  public CharEscaperBuilder addEscapes(char[] cs, String r) {
    checkNotNull(r);
    for (char c : cs) {
      addEscape(c, r);
    }
    return this;
  }

  /**
   * Convert this builder into an array of char[]s where the maximum index is the value of the
   * highest character that has been seen. The array will be sparse in the sense that any unseen
   * index will default to null.
   *