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})

@app.get("/items/")
async def read_items(
    q: Union[str, None] = Query(
        default=None,
        title="Query string",
        description="Query string for the items to search in the database that have a good match",
        min_length=3,
    ),
):
    results = {"items": [{"item_id": "Foo"}, {"item_id": "Bar"}]}
    if q:
        results.update({"q": q})

            " default value together for 'foo'"
        ),
    ):

        @app.get("/")
        async def get3(foo: Annotated[int, Query(min_length=1)] = Depends(dep)):
            pass  # pragma: nocover

    client = TestClient(app)
    response = client.get("/multi-query", params={"foo": "5"})
    assert response.status_code == 200

```

But we are now declaring it with `Query`, for example like:

//// tab | Annotated

```Python
q: Annotated[Union[str, None], Query(min_length=3)] = None
```

////

//// tab | non-Annotated

```Python
q: Union[str, None] = Query(default=None, min_length=3)
```

////

So, when you need to declare a value as required while using `Query`, you can simply not declare a default value:

from fastapi import FastAPI, Query

app = FastAPI()


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

from fastapi import FastAPI, Query

app = FastAPI()


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

from fastapi import FastAPI, Query
from typing_extensions import Annotated

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})

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)] = ...):
    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 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, pattern="^fixedquery$")
    ] = None,
):
    results = {"items": [{"item_id": "Foo"}, {"item_id": "Bar"}]}
    if q:
        results.update({"q": q})