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: 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, response_model_exclude_unset=True) async def read_item(item_id: str): return items[item_id]