changed the query format so that the parameters are extracted from the query string instead

urls.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from .views import ConeSearchView
 
 urlpatterns = [
     path(
-        'cone_search/<str:ra>/<str:dec>/<str:radius>',
+        'cone_search/',
         ConeSearchView.as_view(),
         name = 'cone_search'
     ),

views.py

@@ -49,11 +49,17 @@ class ConeSearchView(APIView):
 
     
 
-    def get(self, request, ra, dec, radius):
+    def get(self, request): # ra, dec, radius):
         
-        radius = float(radius)
-        ra = float(ra)
-        dec = float(dec)
+        try:
+            ra = float(request.query_params.get('ra'))
+            dec = float(request.query_params.get('dec'))
+            radius = float(request.query_params.get('radius'))
+        except (TypeError, ValueError):
+            return Response({"error": "Invalid parameters"}, status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
+        # radius = float(radius)
+        # ra = float(ra)
+        # dec = float(dec)
         nside = 2048
 
         #create skycoord for the center of search