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, pattern="^fixedquery$"
    ),
):
    results = {"items": [{"item_id": "Foo"}, {"item_id": "Bar"}]}
    if q:
        results.update({"q": q})

from typing import Union

from fastapi import Body, FastAPI, status
from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse
from typing_extensions import Annotated

app = FastAPI()

items = {"foo": {"name": "Fighters", "size": 6}, "bar": {"name": "Tenders", "size": 3}}


@app.put("/items/{item_id}")
async def upsert_item(
    item_id: str,
    name: Annotated[Union[str, None], Body()] = None,
    size: Annotated[Union[int, None], Body()] = None,
):

from datetime import datetime
from typing import Union

from pydantic import BaseModel


class User(BaseModel):
    id: int
    name: str = "John Doe"
    signup_ts: Union[datetime, None] = None
    friends: list[int] = []


external_data = {
    "id": "123",
    "signup_ts": "2017-06-01 12:22",
    "friends": [1, "2", b"3"],
}
user = User(**external_data)
print(user)

from typing import List, Union

from fastapi import FastAPI
from pydantic import BaseModel


class Item(BaseModel):
    name: str
    description: Union[str, None] = None


app = FastAPI()


@app.post("/items/")
def create_item(item: Item):
    return item


@app.get("/items/")
def read_items() -> List[Item]:
    return [
        Item(
            name="Portal Gun",

from typing import Union


def say_hi(name: Union[str, None] = None):
    if name is not None:
        print(f"Hey {name}!")
    else:

		setCopy[k] = v
	}
	return setCopy
}

// add - adds TargetID to the set.
func (set TargetIDSet) add(targetID TargetID) {
	set[targetID] = struct{}{}
}

// Union - returns union with given set as new set.
func (set TargetIDSet) Union(sset TargetIDSet) TargetIDSet {
	nset := set.Clone()

	for k := range sset {
		nset.add(k)
	}

	return nset
}

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",
            description="Query string for the items to search in the database that have a good match",
            min_length=3,
        ),
    ] = None,
):

from typing import Union

from fastapi import FastAPI, Header

app = FastAPI()


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

```

////

#### Using `Union` or `Optional`

If you are using a Python version below 3.10, here's a tip from my very **subjective** point of view:

* 🚨 Avoid using `Optional[SomeType]`
* Instead ✨ **use `Union[SomeType, None]`** ✨.

from datetime import datetime
from typing import Union

from fastapi import FastAPI
from fastapi.encoders import jsonable_encoder
from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse
from pydantic import BaseModel


class Item(BaseModel):
    title: str
    timestamp: datetime
    description: Union[str, None] = None


app = FastAPI()


@app.put("/items/{id}")
def update_item(id: str, item: Item):