from typing import Generic, TypeVar, Optional, List from pydantic import BaseModel, validator, ValidationError from pydantic.generics import GenericModel DataT = TypeVar('DataT') class Error(BaseModel): code: int message: str class DataModel(BaseModel): numbers: List[int] people: List[str] class Response(GenericModel, Generic[DataT]): data: Optional[DataT] error: Optional[Error] @validator('error', always=True) def check_consistency(cls, v, values): if v is not None and values['data'] is not None: raise ValueError('must not provide both data and error') if v is None and values.get('data') is None: raise ValueError('must provide data or error') return v data = DataModel(numbers=[1, 2, 3], people=[]) error = Error(code=404, message='Not found') print(Response[int](data=1)) print(Response[str](data='value')) print(Response[str](data='value').dict()) print(Response[DataModel](data=data).dict()) print(Response[DataModel](error=error).dict()) try: Response[int](data='value') except ValidationError as e: print(e)