create_item() — fastapi Function Reference

Architecture documentation for the create_item() function in main.py from the fastapi codebase.

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Source Code

docs_src/app_testing/app_b_py310/main.py lines 30–36

async def create_item(item: Item, x_token: str = Header()) -> Item:
    if x_token != fake_secret_token:
        raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail="Invalid X-Token header")
    if item.id in fake_db:
        raise HTTPException(status_code=409, detail="Item already exists")
    fake_db[item.id] = item.model_dump()
    return item