from typing import Union from fastapi import Body, FastAPI, status from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse app = FastAPI() items = {"foo": {"name": "Fighters", "size": 6}, "bar": {"name": "Tenders", "size": 3}} @app.put("/items/{item_id}") async def upsert_item( item_id: str, name: Union[str, None] = Body(default=None), size: Union[int, None] = Body(default=None), ): if item_id in items: item = items[item_id] item["name"] = name item["size"] = size return item else: item = {"name": name, "size": size} items[item_id] = item return JSONResponse(status_code=status.HTTP_201_CREATED, content=item)