"gridPos": {
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        "w": 3,
        "x": 0,
        "y": 0
      },
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      "maxDataPoints": 100,
      "options": {
        "colorMode": "value",
        "graphMode": "none",
        "justifyMode": "auto",
        "orientation": "auto",
        "reduceOptions": {
          "calcs": [
            "mean"
          ],
          "fields": "",
          "values": false
        },

   * Updates the value currently associated with {@code key} by combining it with {@code x} via the
   * specified accumulator function, returning the new value. The previous value associated with
   * {@code key} (or zero, if there is none) is passed as the first argument to {@code
   * accumulatorFunction}, and {@code x} is passed as the second argument.
   *
   * @since 21.0
   */
  @CanIgnoreReturnValue

```

////

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`.

The `Union` in `Union[str, None]` will allow your editor to give you better support and detect errors.

            "axisLabel": "",
            "axisPlacement": "auto",
            "barAlignment": 0,
            "drawStyle": "line",
            "fillOpacity": 10,
            "gradientMode": "none",
            "hideFrom": {
              "legend": false,
              "tooltip": false,
              "viz": false
            },
            "insertNulls": false,
            "lineInterpolation": "linear",

class Item(BaseModel):
    name: str
    description: str | None = None
    price: float
    tax: float | None = None


class User(BaseModel):
    username: str
    full_name: str | None = None


@app.put("/items/{item_id}")
async def update_item(
    *,
    item_id: int,
    item: Item,
    user: User,
    importance: int = Body(gt=0),
    q: str | None = None,
):

    url: HttpUrl
    name: str


class Item(BaseModel):
    name: str
    description: Union[str, None] = None
    price: float
    tax: Union[float, None] = None
    tags: Set[str] = set()
    images: Union[List[Image], None] = None


class Offer(BaseModel):
    name: str
    description: Union[str, None] = None
    price: float
    items: List[Item]


@app.post("/offers/")

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


@app.put("/items/{item_id}")
async def update_item(
    *,
    item_id: int = Path(title="The ID of the item to get", ge=0, le=1000),
    q: Union[str, None] = None,
    item: Union[Item, None] = None,
):
    results = {"item_id": item_id}
    if q:

    minimum: Optional[float] = None
    exclusiveMinimum: Optional[float] = None
    maxLength: Optional[int] = Field(default=None, ge=0)
    minLength: Optional[int] = Field(default=None, ge=0)
    pattern: Optional[str] = None
    maxItems: Optional[int] = Field(default=None, ge=0)
    minItems: Optional[int] = Field(default=None, ge=0)
    uniqueItems: Optional[bool] = None
    maxContains: Optional[int] = Field(default=None, ge=0)

    name: str = Field(index=True)
    age: int | None = Field(default=None, index=True)


class Hero(HeroBase, table=True):
    id: int | None = Field(default=None, primary_key=True)
    secret_name: str


class HeroPublic(HeroBase):
    id: int


class HeroCreate(HeroBase):
    secret_name: str


class HeroUpdate(HeroBase):
    name: str | None = None
    age: int | None = None
    secret_name: str | None = None

class SubModel(BaseModel):
    a: Optional[str] = "foo"


class Model(BaseModel):
    x: Optional[int] = None
    sub: SubModel


class ModelSubclass(Model):
    y: int
    z: int = 0
    w: Optional[int] = None


class ModelDefaults(BaseModel):
    w: Optional[str] = None
    x: Optional[str] = None
    y: str = "y"
    z: str = "z"


@app.get("/", response_model=Model, response_model_exclude_unset=True)