from fastapi import FastAPI from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse from pydantic import BaseModel class Item(BaseModel): id: str value: str class Message(BaseModel): message: str app = FastAPI() @app.get("/items/{item_id}", response_model=Item, responses={404: {"model": Message}}) async def read_item(item_id: str): if item_id == "foo": return {"id": "foo", "value": "there goes my hero"} return JSONResponse(status_code=404, content={"message": "Item not found"})