In-Memory

@app.get(
    "/image",

    # Set what the media type will be in the autogenerated OpenAPI specification.
    # fastapi.tiangolo.com/advanced/additional-responses/#additional-media-types-for-the-main-response
    responses = {
        200: {
            "content": {"image/png": {}}
        }
    },

    # Prevent FastAPI from adding "application/json" as an additional
    # response media type in the autogenerated OpenAPI specification.
    # https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/issues/3258
    response_class=Response
)
def get_image()
    image_bytes: bytes = generate_cat_picture()
    # media_type here sets the media type of the actual response sent to the client.
    return Response(content=image_bytes, media_type="image/png")