Documentation: clarify api key usage for pfsense v1 vs v2 (#3766)

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Co-authored-by: shamoon <4887959+shamoon@users.noreply.github.com>
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@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ This widget requires the installation of the [pfsense-api](https://github.com/ja
Once pfSense API is installed, you can set the API to be read-only in System > API > Settings.
There are two currently supported authentication modes: 'Local Database' and 'API Token'. For 'Local Database', use `username` and `password` with the credentials of an admin user. For 'API Token', utilize the `headers` parameter with `client_token` and `client_id` obtained from pfSense as shown below. Do not use both headers and username / password.
There are two currently supported authentication modes: 'Local Database' and 'API Key' (v2) / 'API Token' (v1). For 'Local Database', use `username` and `password` with the credentials of an admin user. The specifics of using the API key / token depend on the version of the pfSense API, see the config examples below. Do not use both headers and username / password.
The interface to monitor is defined by updating the `wan` parameter. It should be referenced as it is shown under Interfaces > Assignments in pfSense.
@ -17,15 +17,25 @@ Load is returned instead of cpu utilization. This is a limitation in the pfSense
Allowed fields: `["load", "memory", "temp", "wanStatus", "wanIP", "disk"]` (maximum of 4)
For version 2:
```yaml
widget:
type: pfsense
url: http://pfsense.host.or.ip:port
username: user # optional, or API token
password: pass # optional, or API token
username: user # optional, or API key
password: pass # optional, or API key
headers: # optional, or username/password
Authorization: client_id client_token
X-API-Key: key
wan: igb0
version: 2 # optional, defaults to 1 for api v1
fields: ["load", "memory", "temp", "wanStatus"] # optional
```
For version 1:
```yaml
headers: # optional, or username/password
Authorization: client_id client_token # obtained from pfSense API
version: 1
```

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