Conf¶

class astroquery.mast.Conf[source]¶

Bases: ConfigNamespace

Configuration parameters for astroquery.mast.

Attributes Summary

`pagesize`	Number of results to request at once from the STScI server.
`server`	Name of the MAST server.
`ssoserver`	MAST SSO Portal server.
`timeout`	Time limit for requests from the STScI server.

Methods Summary

`help`([name])	Print info about configuration items.
`items`()	Iterate over configuration item `(name, value)` pairs.
`keys`()
`reload`([attr])	Reload a configuration item from the configuration file.
`reset`([attr])	Reset a configuration item to its default.
`set_temp`(attr, value)	Temporarily set a configuration value.
`values`()	Iterate over configuration item values.

Attributes Documentation

pagesize¶: Number of results to request at once from the STScI server.

server¶: Name of the MAST server.

ssoserver¶: MAST SSO Portal server.

timeout¶: Time limit for requests from the STScI server.

Methods Documentation

help(name=None)¶

Print info about configuration items.

Parameters:

namestr, optional: Name of the configuration item to be described. If no name is provided then info about all the configuration items will be printed.

Examples

>>> from astropy import conf
>>> conf.help("unicode_output")
ConfigItem: unicode_output
  cfgtype='boolean'
  defaultvalue=False
  description='When True, use Unicode characters when outputting values, and displaying widgets at the console.'
  module=astropy
  value=False

items()¶: Iterate over configuration item (name, value) pairs.

keys()¶

reload(attr=None)¶

Reload a configuration item from the configuration file.

Parameters:

attrstr, optional: The name of the configuration parameter to reload. If not provided, reload all configuration parameters.

reset(attr=None)¶

Reset a configuration item to its default.

Parameters:

attrstr, optional: The name of the configuration parameter to reload. If not provided, reset all configuration parameters.

set_temp(attr, value)¶

Temporarily set a configuration value.

Parameters:

attrstr: Configuration item name
valueobject: The value to set temporarily.

Examples

>>> import astropy
>>> with astropy.conf.set_temp('use_color', False):
...     pass
...     # console output will not contain color
>>> # console output contains color again...

values()¶: Iterate over configuration item values.

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