```

////

The query parameter `q` is of type `Union[str, None]` (or `str | None` in Python 3.10), that means that it's of type `str` but could also be `None`, and indeed, the default value is `None`, so FastAPI will know it's not required.

/// note

FastAPI will know that the value of `q` is not required because of the default value `= None`.

from typing import Union

from fastapi import Depends, FastAPI

app = FastAPI()


fake_items_db = [{"item_name": "Foo"}, {"item_name": "Bar"}, {"item_name": "Baz"}]


class CommonQueryParams:
    def __init__(self, q: Union[str, None] = None, skip: int = 0, limit: int = 100):
        self.q = q
        self.skip = skip
        self.limit = limit


@app.get("/items/")
async def read_items(commons=Depends(CommonQueryParams)):

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(
            alias="item-query",
            title="Query string",
            description="Query string for the items to search in the database that have a good match",
            min_length=3,

        if (!resource.getMessageList().isEmpty()) {
            return resource.getMessageList().stream().collect(Collectors.joining(" "));
        }

        if (cause == null) {
            return "Unknown error";
        }

        final Supplier<String> stacktraceString = () -> {
            final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
            if (StringUtil.isBlank(cause.getMessage())) {

        assertThat(graph.removeNode(nodeList.get(i))).isTrue();
      }

      assertThat(graph.nodes()).hasSize(NUM_NODES - numNodesToRemove);
      // Number of edges remaining is unknown (node's incident edges have been removed).
      AbstractGraphTest.validateGraph(graph);

      for (int i = numNodesToRemove; i < NUM_NODES; ++i) {
        assertThat(graph.removeNode(nodeList.get(i))).isTrue();
      }

			ExpectedRegexp: regexp.MustCompile("Access to Istio web UIs"),
		},
		{ // case 1
			Args:           strings.Split("invalid --browser=false", " "),
			ExpectedRegexp: regexp.MustCompile(`unknown dashboard "invalid"`),
			WantException:  true,
		},
		{ // case 2
			Args:           strings.Split("controlz --browser=false", " "),
			ExpectedRegexp: regexp.MustCompile(".*Error: specify a pod or --selector"),

from typing import Annotated, Union

from fastapi import Depends, FastAPI

app = FastAPI()


fake_items_db = [{"item_name": "Foo"}, {"item_name": "Bar"}, {"item_name": "Baz"}]


class CommonQueryParams:
    def __init__(self, q: Union[str, None] = None, skip: int = 0, limit: int = 100):
        self.q = q
        self.skip = skip
        self.limit = limit


@app.get("/items/")

from typing import Annotated, Any, Union

from fastapi import Depends, FastAPI

app = FastAPI()


fake_items_db = [{"item_name": "Foo"}, {"item_name": "Bar"}, {"item_name": "Baz"}]


class CommonQueryParams:
    def __init__(self, q: Union[str, None] = None, skip: int = 0, limit: int = 100):
        self.q = q
        self.skip = skip
        self.limit = limit


@app.get("/items/")

from typing import Union


def process_item(item: Union[int, str]):

from dataclasses import field  # (1)
from typing import List, Union

from fastapi import FastAPI
from pydantic.dataclasses import dataclass  # (2)


@dataclass
class Item:
    name: str
    description: Union[str, None] = None


@dataclass
class Author:
    name: str
    items: List[Item] = field(default_factory=list)  # (3)


app = FastAPI()