from typing import List, Union from fastapi import FastAPI from fastapi.encoders import jsonable_encoder from pydantic import BaseModel app = FastAPI() class Item(BaseModel): name: Union[str, None] = None description: Union[str, None] = None price: Union[float, None] = None tax: float = 10.5 tags: List[str] = [] items = { "foo": {"name": "Foo", "price": 50.2}, "bar": {"name": "Bar", "description": "The bartenders", "price": 62, "tax": 20.2}, "baz": {"name": "Baz", "description": None, "price": 50.2, "tax": 10.5, "tags": []}, } @app.get("/items/{item_id}", response_model=Item) async def read_item(item_id: str): return items[item_id] @app.patch("/items/{item_id}", response_model=Item) async def update_item(item_id: str, item: Item): stored_item_data = items[item_id] stored_item_model = Item(**stored_item_data) update_data = item.dict(exclude_unset=True) updated_item = stored_item_model.copy(update=update_data) items[item_id] = jsonable_encoder(updated_item) return updated_item