# Can we contribute data from other sensor types? what best practice should we follow if we do so? **URL:** \ **Category:** Scientific Discourse\ **Created:** [August 16, 2021, 5:07pm UTC](https://forum.sensor.community/t/can-we-contribute-data-from-other-sensor-types-what-best-practice-should-we-follow-if-we-do-so/788 "2021-08-16T17:07:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![thatent](https://forum.sensor.community/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@thatent](https://forum.sensor.community/u/thatent)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2021, 8:41am UTC](https://forum.sensor.community/t/can-we-contribute-data-from-other-sensor-types-what-best-practice-should-we-follow-if-we-do-so/788/2 "2021-08-25T08:41:50Z")
@doctorluz The first post in this topic may be of some help? The Topic Starter links to pages that describe how to use their API. > [@How often should I send data to https://api.sensor.community/v1/push-sensor-data/?](https://forum.sensor.community/t/how-often-should-i-send-data-to-https-api-sensor-community-v1-push-sensor-data/785): > > I would like to send data to [https://sensor.community](https://sensor.community) myself. I’ve read documentation [EN APIs · opendata-stuttgart/meta Wiki · GitHub](https://github.com/opendata-stuttgart/meta/wiki/EN-APIs) and I have found how to do it — I need to make POST request to [https://api.sensor.community/v1/push-sensor-data/](https://api.sensor.community/v1/push-sensor-data/) (with correct headers and body) I’ve tried it and it works fine — I can send data and I see that data. My question is how often should I send data? Every 15 minutes, every 5 minute, every 1 minute, or something else? What are the recommendations? The … Hope this is of some help! Cheers, Maarten --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.sensor.community/t/can-we-contribute-data-from-other-sensor-types-what-best-practice-should-we-follow-if-we-do-so/788)._