How to use a Pydantic model with Form data in FastAPI?

I found a solution that can help us to use Pydantic with FastAPI forms 🙂

My code:

class AnyForm(BaseModel):
    any_param: str
    any_other_param: int = 1

    @classmethod
    def as_form(
        cls,
        any_param: str = Form(...),
        any_other_param: int = Form(1)
    ) -> AnyForm:
        return cls(any_param=any_param, any_other_param=any_other_param)

@router.post('')
async def any_view(form_data: AnyForm = Depends(AnyForm.as_form)):
        ...

It’s shown in the Swagger as a usual form.

It can be more generic as a decorator:

import inspect
from typing import Type

from fastapi import Form
from pydantic import BaseModel
from pydantic.fields import ModelField

def as_form(cls: Type[BaseModel]):
    new_parameters = []

    for field_name, model_field in cls.__fields__.items():
        model_field: ModelField  # type: ignore

        new_parameters.append(
             inspect.Parameter(
                 model_field.alias,
                 inspect.Parameter.POSITIONAL_ONLY,
                 default=Form(...) if model_field.required else Form(model_field.default),
                 annotation=model_field.outer_type_,
             )
         )

    async def as_form_func(**data):
        return cls(**data)

    sig = inspect.signature(as_form_func)
    sig = sig.replace(parameters=new_parameters)
    as_form_func.__signature__ = sig  # type: ignore
    setattr(cls, 'as_form', as_form_func)
    return cls

And the usage looks like

@as_form
class Test(BaseModel):
    param: str
    a: int = 1
    b: str="2342"
    c: bool = False
    d: Optional[float] = None


@router.post('/me', response_model=Test)
async def me(request: Request, form: Test = Depends(Test.as_form)):
    return form