main_dict[key] = main_dict[key] + update_dict[key]
        else:
            main_dict[key] = value


def get_value_or_default(
    first_item: Union[DefaultPlaceholder, DefaultType],
    *extra_items: Union[DefaultPlaceholder, DefaultType],
) -> Union[DefaultPlaceholder, DefaultType]:
    """
    Pass items or `DefaultPlaceholder`s by descending priority.

from typing import Union

from fastapi import Depends, FastAPI, HTTPException, Query
from sqlmodel import Field, Session, SQLModel, create_engine, select


class HeroBase(SQLModel):
    name: str = Field(index=True)
    age: Union[int, None] = Field(default=None, index=True)


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


class HeroPublic(HeroBase):

from typing import List, Union

from fastapi import Depends, FastAPI, HTTPException, Query
from sqlmodel import Field, Session, SQLModel, create_engine, select
from typing_extensions import Annotated


class HeroBase(SQLModel):
    name: str = Field(index=True)
    age: Union[int, None] = Field(default=None, index=True)


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

from typing import Union

from fastapi import FastAPI
from pydantic import BaseModel

app = FastAPI()


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


@app.post(
    "/items/",
    response_model=Item,
    summary="Create an item",

        function: Callable[..., Any],
        *,
        ref: Union[str, None] = None,
        metadata: Any = None,
        serialization: Any = None,
    ) -> Any:
        return {}

    def get_model_definitions(
        *,
        flat_models: Set[Union[Type[BaseModel], Type[Enum]]],
        model_name_map: Dict[Union[Type[BaseModel], Type[Enum]], str],
    ) -> Dict[str, Any]:

@app.get(
    "/response_model_union-no_annotation-return_model1",
    response_model=Union[User, Item],
)
def response_model_union_no_annotation_return_model1():
    return DBUser(name="John", surname="Doe", password_hash="secret")


@app.get(
    "/response_model_union-no_annotation-return_model2",
    response_model=Union[User, Item],
)
def response_model_union_no_annotation_return_model2():

```

////

## `Union` or `anyOf`

You can declare a response to be the `Union` of two or more types, that means, that the response would be any of them.

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

from typing import Union

from fastapi import Body, FastAPI
from pydantic import BaseModel
from typing_extensions import Annotated

app = FastAPI()


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,
    item: Annotated[
        Item,
        Body(

from typing import Annotated, Union

from fastapi import Body, FastAPI
from pydantic import BaseModel, Field

app = FastAPI()


class Item(BaseModel):
    name: str
    description: Union[str, None] = Field(
        default=None, title="The description of the item", max_length=300
    )
    price: float = Field(gt=0, description="The price must be greater than zero")
    tax: Union[float, None] = None


@app.put("/items/{item_id}")

from typing import Annotated, Union

from fastapi import Depends, FastAPI, HTTPException, Query
from sqlmodel import Field, Session, SQLModel, create_engine, select


class HeroBase(SQLModel):
    name: str = Field(index=True)
    age: Union[int, None] = Field(default=None, index=True)


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


class HeroPublic(HeroBase):