def _merge_update_item(
        self, model_item: Model, data: Dict[str, Any]
    ) -> Dict[str, Any]:
        """
        Merge a model with a python data structure
        This is useful to turn PUT method into a PATCH also
        """
        data_item = self.edit_model_schema.dump(model_item, many=False)
        for _col in self.edit_columns:
            if _col not in data.keys():
                data[_col] = data_item[_col]
        return data

        Merge a model with a python data structure
        This is useful to turn PUT method into a PATCH also
        
flask_appbuilder/api/__init__.py