GaiaAPIClient/gaiaapiclient/cone_search.py

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# 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):
url = "http://localhost:8000/gaiadb/cone_search"
params = {
'ra' : ra,
'dec' : dec,
'radius' : radius
}
response = requests.get(url, params=params)
response.raise_for_status
data = response.json()
return data