test: Updated docs and ingestor_helper

Author: rajkarkar-crest

docs/sample_generator.rst

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ input_type = modinput | scripted_input | syslog_tcp | file_monitor | windows_inp
     * For example, in an Add-on, a sourcetype "alert" is ingested through syslog in live environment, provide input_type=syslog_tcp.
 
     .. warning::
-        uf_file_monitor input_type will only work with splunk_type=docker.
+        uf_file_monitor input_type will only work with splunk-type=docker.
 
 index = <index>
     * The index used to ingest the data.

pytest_splunk_addon/standard_lib/event_ingestors/ingestor_helper.py

@@ -51,10 +51,8 @@ def ingest_events(cls, ingest_meta_data, addon_path, config_path, thread_count,
         ingestor_dict = dict()
         for event in tokenized_events:
             input_type = event.metadata.get("input_type")
-            if input_type in ["modinput", "windows_input", "syslog_tcp", "syslog_udp"]:
+            if input_type in ["modinput", "windows_input", "syslog_tcp", "syslog_udp", "uf_file_monitor"]:
                 event.event = event.event.encode("utf-8").decode()
-            elif input_type in ["uf_file_monitor"]:
-                pass
             else:
                 event.event = event.event.encode("utf-8")
             if input_type in ingestor_dict: