panic(err)
			}
			enc = e
		})
		return enc
	}
	return
}

// EncodeData encodes the given data and returns the erasure-coded data.
// It returns an error if the erasure coding failed.
func (e *Erasure) EncodeData(ctx context.Context, data []byte) ([][]byte, error) {
	if len(data) == 0 {
		return make([][]byte, e.dataBlocks+e.parityBlocks), nil
	}
	encoded, err := e.encoder().Split(data)

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

            <multiplicity>*</multiplicity>
          </association>
          <description><![CDATA[Restricts the classes/resources from the current artifact's CoreExtension class realm that are exposed. Values ending with ".*" expose all classes/resources which are directly contained in the given package in binary form. 

```

!!! 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"

from typing import Union

from fastapi import FastAPI, Query
from typing_extensions import Annotated

app = FastAPI()


@app.get("/items/")
async def read_items(
    q: Annotated[Union[str, None], Query(min_length=3, max_length=50)] = None,
):
    results = {"items": [{"item_id": "Foo"}, {"item_id": "Bar"}]}
    if q:
        results.update({"q": q})

	msgLine2Fmt := " Update: %s "

	// Calculate length *without* color coding: with ANSI terminal
	// color characters, the result is incorrect.
	line1Length := len(fmt.Sprintf(msgLine1Fmt, newerThan))
	line2Length := len(fmt.Sprintf(msgLine2Fmt, updateString))

	// Populate lines with color coding.
	line1InColor := fmt.Sprintf(msgLine1Fmt, color.YellowBold(newerThan))

from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
from typing import Union

from fastapi import Depends, FastAPI, HTTPException, status
from fastapi.security import OAuth2PasswordBearer, OAuth2PasswordRequestForm
from jose import JWTError, jwt
from passlib.context import CryptContext
from pydantic import BaseModel
from typing_extensions import Annotated

# to get a string like this run:
# openssl rand -hex 32

from typing import Union

from fastapi import FastAPI, Query

app = FastAPI()


@app.get("/items/")
async def read_items(
    q: Union[str, None] = Query(default=None, min_length=3, max_length=50),
):
    results = {"items": [{"item_id": "Foo"}, {"item_id": "Bar"}]}
    if q:
        results.update({"q": q})

from typing import Annotated

from fastapi import FastAPI, Query

app = FastAPI()


@app.get("/items/")
async def read_items(
    q: Annotated[str | None, Query(min_length=3, max_length=50)] = None,
):
    results = {"items": [{"item_id": "Foo"}, {"item_id": "Bar"}]}
    if q:
        results.update({"q": q})

from typing import Union

from fastapi import FastAPI, Query
from typing_extensions import Annotated

app = FastAPI()


@app.get("/items/")
async def read_items(
    q: Annotated[Union[str, None], Query(title="Query string", min_length=3)] = None,
):
    results = {"items": [{"item_id": "Foo"}, {"item_id": "Bar"}]}
    if q:
        results.update({"q": q})