(20241213) Started accepting "auth" for software/theCaOfficeAi... I don't know how these details count as "auth", though.

models/core/auth_token.py

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class CoreAuthTokenModel(BaseModel):
         alias = "_id"
     )
 
-    serviceType: Literal["email", "sms", "chat"] = Field(
+    serviceType: Literal["software", "email", "sms", "chat"] = Field(
         description = "the kind of service this message was sent/received from",
         frozen = True
     )
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ class CoreAuthTokenModel(BaseModel):
         "gmail", "outlook",  # ...................... Mail Clients
         "telegram", "whatsapp",  # .................. Chat Clients
         "nimbusSmsIndia", "savvyBulkSmsKenya",  # ... SMS Clients
-        "razorpay", "safaricomMPesaExpress"  # ...... Payment Gateways
+        "razorpay", "safaricomMPesaExpress",  # ..... Payment Gateways
+        "theCaOfficeAi"  # .......................... God knows, don't ask.
     ] = Field(
         description = "the third-part client that was used",
         frozen = True
@@ -133,16 +134,16 @@ class CoreAuthTokenModel(BaseModel):
         default = None
     )
 
-    auth: dict | None = Field(
+    auth: dict = Field(
         description = "any direct auth details like api keys or passwords; will differ for each client",
         frozen = False,
-        default = None
+        default = {}
     )
 
-    token: dict | None = Field(
+    token: dict = Field(
         description = "the actual auth tokens of that client; will differ for each client",
         frozen = False,
-        default = None
+        default = {}
     )
 
     user: CoreUserInfoModel = Field(
@@ -191,6 +192,11 @@ class CoreAuthTokenModel(BaseModel):
     def parse_date_time(cls, value):
         return date_time.parse_date_time(input_value = value, timezone = date_time.TIMEZONE_UTC)
 
+    @field_validator("auth", "token", mode = "before")
+    def handle_null_creds(cls, value):
+        if value is None: value = {}
+        return value
+
 
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