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Add a *path operation* using an HTTP HEAD operation. ## Example ```python from fastapi import APIRouter, FastAPI from pydantic import BaseModel class Item(BaseModel): name: str description: str | None = None app = F

(
        self,
        path: Annotated[
            str,
            Doc(
                """
                The URL path to be used for this *path operation*.

                For example, in `http://example.com/items`, the path is `/items`.
                """
            ),
        ],
        *,
        response_model: Annotated[
            Any,
            Doc(
                """
                The type to use for the response.

                It could be any valid Pydantic *field* type. So, it doesn't have to
                be a Pydantic model, it could be other things, like a `list`, `dict`,
                etc.

                It will be used for:

                * Documentation: the generated OpenAPI (and the UI at `/docs`) will
                    show it as the response (JSON Schema).
                * Serialization: you could return an arbitrary object and the
                    `response_model` would be used to serialize that object into the
                    corresponding JSON.
                * Filtering: the JSON sent to the client will only contain the data
                    (fields) defined in the `response_model`. If you returned an object
                    that contains an attribute `password` but the `response_model` does
                    not include that field, the JSON sent to the client would not have
                    that `password`.
                * Validation: whatever you return will be serialized with the
                    `response_model`, converting any data as necessary to generate the
                    corresponding JSON. But if the data in the object returned is not
                    valid, that would mean a violation of the contract with the client,
                    so it's an error from the API developer. So, FastAPI will raise an
                    error and return a 500 error code (Internal Server Error).

                Read more about it in the
                [FastAPI docs for Response Model](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/tutorial/response-model/).
                """
            ),
        ] = Default(None),
        status_code: Annotated[
            int | None,
            Doc(
                """
                The default status code to be used for the response.

                You could override the status code by returning a response directly.

                Read more about it in the
                [FastAPI docs for Response Status Code](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/tutorial/response-status-code/).
                """
            ),
        ] = None,
        tags: Annotated[
            list[str | Enum] | None,
            Doc(
                """
                A list of tags to be applied to the *path operation*.

                It will be added to the generated OpenAPI (e.g. visible at `/docs`).

                Read more about it in the
                [FastAPI docs for Path Operation Configuration](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/tutorial/path-operation-configuration/#tags).
                """
            ),
        ] = None,
        dependencies: Annotated[
            Sequence[params.Depends] | None,
            Doc(
                """
                A list of dependencies (using `Depends()`) to be applied to the
                *path operation*.

                Read more about it in the
                [FastAPI docs for Dependencies in path operation decorators](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/tutorial/dependencies/dependencies-in-path-operation-decorators/).
                """
            ),
        ] = None,
        summary: Annotated[
            str | None,
            Doc(
                """
                A summary for the *path operation*.

                It will be added to the generated OpenAPI (e.g. visible at `/docs`).

                Read more about it in the
                [FastAPI docs for Path Operation Configuration](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/tutorial/path-operation-configuration/).
                """
            ),
        ] = None,
        description: Annotated[
            str | None,
            Doc(
                """
                A description for the *path operation*.

                If not provided, it will be extracted automatically from the docstring
                of the *path operation function*.

                It can contain Markdown.

                It will be added to the generated OpenAPI (e.g. visible at `/docs`).

                Read more about it in the
                [FastAPI docs for Path Operation Configuration](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/tutorial/path-operation-configuration/).
                """
            ),
        ] = None,
        response_description: Annotated[
            str,
            Doc(
                """
                The description for the default response.

                It will be added to the generated OpenAPI (e.g. visible at `/docs`).
                """
            ),
        ] = "Successful Response",
        responses: Annotated[
            dict[int | str, dict[str, Any]] | None,
            Doc(
                """
                Additional responses that could be returned by this *path operation*.

                It will be added to the generated OpenAPI (e.g. visible at `/docs`).
                """
            ),
        ] = None,
        deprecated: Annotated[
            bool | None,
            Doc(
                """
                Mark this *path operation* as deprecated.

                It will be added to the generated OpenAPI (e.g. visible at `/docs`).
                """
            ),
        ] = None,
        operation_id: Annotated[
            str | None,
            Doc(
                """
                Custom operation ID to be used by this *path operation*.

                By default, it is generated automatically.

                If you provide a custom operation ID, you need to make sure it is
                unique for the whole API.

                You can customize the
                operation ID generation with the parameter
                `generate_unique_id_function` in the `FastAPI` class.

                Read more about it in the
                [FastAPI docs about how to Generate Clients](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/advanced/generate-clients/#custom-generate-unique-id-function).
                """
            ),
        ] = None,
        response_model_include: Annotated[
            IncEx | None,
            Doc(
                """
                Configuration passed to Pydantic to include only certain fields in the
                response data.

                Read more about it in the
                [FastAPI docs for Response Model - Return Type](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/tutorial/response-model/#response_model_include-and-response_model_exclude).
                """
            ),
        ] = None,
        response_model_exclude: Annotated[
            IncEx | None,
            Doc(
                """
                Configuration passed to Pydantic to exclude certain fields in the
                response data.

                Read more about it in the
                [FastAPI docs for Response Model - Return Type](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/tutorial/response-model/#response_model_include-and-response_model_exclude).
                """
            ),
        ] = None,
        response_model_by_alias: Annotated[
            bool,
            Doc(
                """
                Configuration passed to Pydantic to define if the response model
                should be serialized by alias when an alias is used.

                Read more about it in the
                [FastAPI docs for Response Model - Return Type](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/tutorial/response-model/#response_model_include-and-response_model_exclude).
                """
            ),
        ] = True,
        response_model_exclude_unset: Annotated[
            bool,
            Doc(
                """
                Configuration passed to Pydantic to define if the response data
                should have all the fields, including the ones that were not set and
                have their default values. This is different from
                `response_model_exclude_defaults` in that if the fields are set,
                they will be included in the response, even if the value is the same
                as the default.

                When `True`, default values are omitted from the response.

                Read more about it in the
                [FastAPI docs for Response Model - Return Type](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/tutorial/response-model/#use-the-response_model_exclude_unset-parameter).
                """
            ),
        ] = False,
        response_model_exclude_defaults: Annotated[
            bool,
            Doc(
                """
                Configuration passed to Pydantic to define if the response data
                should have all the fields, including the ones that have the same value
                as the default. This is different from `response_model_exclude_unset`
                in that if the fields are set but contain the same default values,
                they will be excluded from the response.

                When `True`, default values are omitted from the response.

                Read more about it in the
                [FastAPI docs for Response Model - Return Type](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/tutorial/response-model/#use-the-response_model_exclude_unset-parameter).
                """
            ),
        ] = False,
        response_model_exclude_none: Annotated[
            bool,
            Doc(
                """
                Configuration passed to Pydantic to define if the response data should
                exclude fields set to `None`.

                This is much simpler (less smart) than `response_model_exclude_unset`
                and `response_model_exclude_defaults`. You probably want to use one of
                those two instead of this one, as those allow returning `None` values
                when it makes sense.

                Read more about it in the
                [FastAPI docs for Response Model - Return Type](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/tutorial/response-model/#response_model_exclude_none).
                """
            ),
        ] = False,
        include_in_schema: Annotated[
            bool,
            Doc(
                """
                Include this *path operation* in the generated OpenAPI schema.

                This affects the generated OpenAPI (e.g. visible at `/docs`).

                Read more about it in the
                [FastAPI docs for Query Parameters and String Validations](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/tutorial/query-params-str-validations/#exclude-parameters-from-openapi).
                """
            ),
        ] = True,
        response_class: Annotated[
            type[Response],
            Doc(
                """
                Response class to be used for this *path operation*.

                This will not be used if you return a response directly.

                Read more about it in the
                [FastAPI docs for Custom Response - HTML, Stream, File, others](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/advanced/custom-response/#redirectresponse).
                """
            ),
        ] = Default(JSONResponse),
        name: Annotated[
            str | None,
            Doc(
                """
                Name for this *path operation*. Only used internally.
                """
            ),
        ] = None,
        callbacks: Annotated[
            list[BaseRoute] | None,
            Doc(
                """
                List of *path operations* that will be used as OpenAPI callbacks.

                This is only for OpenAPI documentation, the callbacks won't be used
                directly.

                It will be added to the generated OpenAPI (e.g. visible at `/docs`).

                Read more about it in the
                [FastAPI docs for OpenAPI Callbacks](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/advanced/openapi-callbacks/).
                """
            ),
        ] = None,
        openapi_extra: Annotated[
            dict[str, Any] | None,
            Doc(
                """
                Extra metadata to be included in the OpenAPI schema for this *path
                operation*.

                Read more about it in the
                [FastAPI docs for Path Operation Advanced Configuration](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/advanced/path-operation-advanced-configuration/#custom-openapi-path-operation-schema).
                """
            ),
        ] = None,
        generate_unique_id_function: Annotated[
            Callable[[APIRoute], str],
            Doc(
                """
                Customize the function used to generate unique IDs for the *path
                operations* shown in the generated OpenAPI.

                This is particularly useful when automatically generating clients or
                SDKs for your API.

                Read more about it in the
                [FastAPI docs about how to Generate Clients](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/advanced/generate-clients/#custom-generate-unique-id-function).
                """
            ),
        ] = Default(generate_unique_id),
    )

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5164 )
5165
5166 def head(
5167 self,
5168 path: Annotated[
5169 str,
5170 Doc(
5171 """
5172 The URL path to be used for this *path operation*.
5173
5174 For example, in `http://example.com/items`, the path is `/items`.
5175 """
5176 ),
5177 ],
5178 *,
5179 response_model: Annotated[
5180 Any,
5181 Doc(
5182 """
5183 The type to use for the response.
5184
5185 It could be any valid Pydantic *field* type. So, it doesn't have to
5186 be a Pydantic model, it could be other things, like a `list`, `dict`,
5187 etc.
5188
5189 It will be used for:
5190
5191 * Documentation: the generated OpenAPI (and the UI at `/docs`) will
5192 show it as the response (JSON Schema).
5193 * Serialization: you could return an arbitrary object and the
5194 `response_model` would be used to serialize that object into the
5195 corresponding JSON.
5196 * Filtering: the JSON sent to the client will only contain the data
5197 (fields) defined in the `response_model`. If you returned an object
5198 that contains an attribute `password` but the `response_model` does
5199 not include that field, the JSON sent to the client would not have
5200 that `password`.
5201 * Validation: whatever you return will be serialized with the
5202 `response_model`, converting any data as necessary to generate the
5203 corresponding JSON. But if the data in the object returned is not
5204 valid, that would mean a violation of the contract with the client,
5205 so it's an error from the API developer. So, FastAPI will raise an
5206 error and return a 500 error code (Internal Server Error).
5207
5208 Read more about it in the
5209 [FastAPI docs for Response Model](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/tutorial/response-model/).
5210 """
5211 ),
5212 ] = Default(None),
5213 status_code: Annotated[
5214 int | None,
5215 Doc(
5216 """
5217 The default status code to be used for the response.
5218
5219 You could override the status code by returning a response directly.
5220
5221 Read more about it in the
5222 [FastAPI docs for Response Status Code](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/tutorial/response-status-code/).
5223 """

Callers 3

test_headFunction · 0.45
test_head_requests_workFunction · 0.45

Calls 2

api_routeMethod · 0.95
DefaultFunction · 0.90

Tested by 3

test_headFunction · 0.36
test_head_requests_workFunction · 0.36