docs: `sensortype` is actually optional for manually configured senseboxes but docs state it's not
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Expected Behavior
Docs should state the actual data to be expected from the API.
Current Behavior
Docs say, that sensortype is not optional:
https://docs.opensensemap.org/#api-Boxes-getBox
But users can create (manually configured) senseboxes with empty sensortype via the OpenSenseMap UI.
When retrieving those sensors via the API, they wont not have the sensorType
key
Possible Solution
- Mark the sensortype as optional, even if there is only 1 sensor in the DB with empty sensortype
- or set a default value like null or "undefined" or empty string
Steps to Reproduce (for bugs)
- Manually configure a sensebox via the UI
- Add a sensor to the box, leave its type empty
- Query the area where the box is located
Context
Tried to download all senseboxes in an area.
The unmarshalling failed because of this 1 broken sensor.