Empty POST to Devices API Controller produces a blank device

[riversdev0]

Describe the bug Submitting an empty POST to the Devices Controller creates a blank Device. Yet, in the GUI, the hostname field is mandatory.

phpIPAM version Versions of phpIPAM known to contain the issue.

• Latest git develop development branch.
• Latest production release 1.7
• Production release 1.6

Your Environment (please supply the following information): n/a

Steps To Reproduce

1. Create a Device using the API with no payload.
2. In the GUI see that you have a new blank device.

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Additional Info none

[riversdev0]

In addition to the above, the following payload:

{"hostname": "switch M3TS 1"}

produces the following error:

{"code":400,"success":false,"message":"No parameters","time":0.003}

[riversdev0]

Adding description to the payload made it work. The following was successful:

{"hostname": "switch PAH9 1","description": "patu"}