It will be defined in OpenAPI with `anyOf`.

To do that, use the standard Python type hint <a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/typing.html#typing.Union" class="external-link" target="_blank">`typing.Union`</a>:

!!! note

```

!!! note
    Notice that as we communicate with the database using `await`, the *path operation function* is declared with `async`.

### Notice the `response_model=List[Note]`

It uses `typing.List`.

That documents (and validates, serializes, filters) the output data, as a `list` of `Note`s.

## Create notes

Create the *path operation function* to create notes:

```Python hl_lines="61-65"

import typing

from fastapi import FastAPI
from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse
from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
from pydantic import BaseModel

app = FastAPI()


class JsonApiResponse(JSONResponse):
    media_type = "application/vnd.api+json"


class Error(BaseModel):
    status: str
    title: str


class JsonApiError(BaseModel):
    errors: typing.List[Error]


@app.get(
    "/a/{id}",

    ```

## `Union` ⚖️ `anyOf`

👆 💪 📣 📨 `Union` 2️⃣ 🆎, 👈 ⛓, 👈 📨 🔜 🙆 2️⃣.

⚫️ 🔜 🔬 🗄 ⏮️ `anyOf`.

👈, ⚙️ 🐩 🐍 🆎 🔑 <a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/typing.html#typing.Union" class="external-link" target="_blank">`typing.Union`</a>:

!!! note

from typing import Annotated

from fastapi import FastAPI, Query

app = FastAPI()


@app.get("/items/")
async def read_items(q: Annotated[list, Query()] = []):
    query_items = {"q": q}

from typing import Annotated

from fastapi import FastAPI, Header

app = FastAPI()


@app.get("/items/")
async def read_items(
    strange_header: Annotated[str | None, Header(convert_underscores=False)] = None,
):

from typing import Annotated

from fastapi import FastAPI, Query

app = FastAPI()


@app.get("/items/")
async def read_items(q: Annotated[list[str], Query()] = ["foo", "bar"]):
    query_items = {"q": q}

from typing import Union

from fastapi import FastAPI, Header
from typing_extensions import Annotated

app = FastAPI()


@app.get("/items/")
async def read_items(user_agent: Annotated[Union[str, None], Header()] = None):

from typing import List, Union

from fastapi import FastAPI, Header
from typing_extensions import Annotated

app = FastAPI()


@app.get("/items/")
async def read_items(x_token: Annotated[Union[List[str], None], Header()] = None):

from typing import Annotated

from fastapi import FastAPI, Query

app = FastAPI()


@app.get("/items/")
async def read_items(q: Annotated[str, Query(min_length=3)]):
    results = {"items": [{"item_id": "Foo"}, {"item_id": "Bar"}]}
    if q:
        results.update({"q": q})