import pickle from datetime import datetime from pydantic import BaseModel, ValidationError class User(BaseModel): id: int name = 'John Doe' signup_ts: datetime = None m = User.parse_obj({'id': 123, 'name': 'James'}) print(m) try: User.parse_obj(['not', 'a', 'dict']) except ValidationError as e: print(e) # assumes json as no content type passed m = User.parse_raw('{"id": 123, "name": "James"}') print(m) pickle_data = pickle.dumps({ 'id': 123, 'name': 'James', 'signup_ts': datetime(2017, 7, 14) }) m = User.parse_raw(pickle_data, content_type='application/pickle', allow_pickle=True) print(m)