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How do you customize HTTP status codes in responses?

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You can set status codes using the status_code parameter or Response object:

from fastapi import FastAPI, status, Response

app = FastAPI()

@app.post("/items/", status_code=status.HTTP_201_CREATED)
def create_item():
    return {"message": "Item created"}

@app.get("/items/{item_id}")
def get_item(item_id: int, response: Response):
    if item_id == 404:
        response.status_code = status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND
        return {"error": "Item not found"}
    return {"item_id": item_id}
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