Merge branch '95-send-spots-to-xota' into 2.0-pre

# Conflicts:
#	README.md
#	core/config.py
#	server/handlers/api/addspot.py
#	server/handlers/api/lookups.py
#	server/handlers/api/options.py
#	server/webserver.py
#	spothole.py
#	static/apidocs/openapi.yml

providers/spot/spot_provider.py

@@ -58,3 +58,20 @@ class SpotProvider:
         """Stop any threads and prepare for application shutdown"""
 
         raise NotImplementedError("Subclasses must implement this method")
+
+    def can_submit_spot(self, sig):
+        """Return True if this provider supports submitting spots upstream for the given SIG."""
+
+        return False
+
+    def submit_spot(self, spot, credentials):
+        """Submit a spot upstream to this provider's API. credentials is a dict with provider-specific keys.
+        Raises an exception with a descriptive message on failure."""
+
+        raise NotImplementedError("This provider does not support spot submission")
+
+    def force_poll(self):
+        """Trigger an immediate poll without waiting for the normal interval. Default implementation here does nothing
+        because not all spot providers have a polling mechanism. Providers that do should override this method."""
+
+        return