diff --git a/docs/en/docs/tutorial/extra-models.md b/docs/en/docs/tutorial/extra-models.md index e231aea90a..e1ab504106 100644 --- a/docs/en/docs/tutorial/extra-models.md +++ b/docs/en/docs/tutorial/extra-models.md @@ -156,35 +156,21 @@ That way, we can declare just the differences between the models (with plaintext {* ../../docs_src/extra_models/tutorial002_py310.py hl[7,13:14,17:18,21:22] *} -## `Union` or `anyOf` { #union-or-anyof } +## Union or `anyOf` { #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. +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 [`typing.Union`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/typing.html#typing.Union): +To do that, use the standard Python union syntax: /// note -When defining a [`Union`](https://docs.pydantic.dev/latest/concepts/types/#unions), include the most specific type first, followed by the less specific type. In the example below, the more specific `PlaneItem` comes before `CarItem` in `Union[PlaneItem, CarItem]`. +When defining a [union](https://docs.pydantic.dev/latest/concepts/unions/), include the most specific type first, followed by the less specific type. In the example below, the more specific `PlaneItem` comes before `CarItem` in `PlaneItem | CarItem`. /// -{* ../../docs_src/extra_models/tutorial003_py310.py hl[1,14:15,18:20,33] *} - -### `Union` in Python 3.10 { #union-in-python-3-10 } - -In this example we pass `Union[PlaneItem, CarItem]` as the value of the argument `response_model`. - -Because we are passing it as a **value to an argument** instead of putting it in a **type annotation**, we have to use `Union` even in Python 3.10. - -If it was in a type annotation we could have used the vertical bar, as: - -```Python -some_variable: PlaneItem | CarItem -``` - -But if we put that in the assignment `response_model=PlaneItem | CarItem` we would get an error, because Python would try to perform an **invalid operation** between `PlaneItem` and `CarItem` instead of interpreting that as a type annotation. +{* ../../docs_src/extra_models/tutorial003_py310.py hl[12:13,16:18,31] *} ## List of models { #list-of-models }