# gaiaapiclient/cone_search.py
# send an api request with the coordinates and search radius in decimal degrees
# to the GaiaDBInterface server to fetch the GAIA sources


import requests


def query(ra, dec, radius, order):
    url = "http://localhost:8000/gaiadb/cone_search"
    params = {
        'ra' : ra,
        'dec' : dec,
        'radius' : radius,
        'order' : order
    }
    response = requests.get(url, params=params)
    response.raise_for_status()
    try:
        data = response.json() if response.text else None
    except ValueError as json_err:
        print(f"JSON decode error occurred: {json_err}")
        data = None
    
    
    return data