Default to string for schema generation

Co-authored-by: Dylan Sprayberry <dylan.sprayberry@qlik.com>
Co-authored-by: Bryant Gray <bryant.gray@qlik.com>
Co-authored-by: Andres Pineda <andres.pineda@qlik.com>

Author: 4 people

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 6.2.3
+  * Default type for non-standard data types is string [#182](https://github.com/singer-io/singer-python/pull/182)
+
 ## 6.2.2
   * Updates json schema generation to not emit dates
   * Handle multiple schemas with anyOf and emit them in a specific order

setup.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import subprocess
 
 setup(name="singer-python",
-      version='6.2.2',
+      version='6.2.3',
       description="Singer.io utility library",
       author="Stitch",
       classifiers=['Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only'],

singer/schema_generation.py

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def add_observations(acc, path, data):
     elif data is None:
         add_observation(acc, path + ["null"])
     else:
-        raise Exception("Unexpected value " + repr(data) + " at path " + repr(path))
+        add_observation(acc, path + ["string"])
 
     return acc