search¶
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pyvo.registry.vao.
search
(keywords=None, servicetype=None, waveband=None, sqlpred=None)[source]¶ Deprecated since version 0.5: The search function is deprecated and may be removed in a future version.
execute a simple query to the VAO registry.
Parameters: keywords : str or list of str
keyword terms to match to registry records. Use this parameter to find resources related to a particular topic.
servicetype : str
the service type to restrict results to. Allowed values include, ‘catalog’ (synonyms: ‘table’, ‘scs’, ‘conesearch’, ‘ConeSearch’), ‘image’ (synonyms: ‘sia’, ‘SimpleImageAccess’), ‘spectrum’ (synonyms: ‘ssa’, ‘ssap’, ‘SimpleSpectralAccess’), ‘line’ (synonyms: ‘sla’, ‘slap’, ‘SimpleLineAccess’) ‘database’ (synonyms: ‘tap’,’TableAccess’).
waveband : str
the name of a desired waveband; resources returned will be restricted to those that indicate as having data in that waveband. Allowed, case-insensitive values include ‘Radio’, ‘Millimeter’, ‘Infrared’ (synonym: ‘IR’), ‘Optical’, ‘UV’, ‘EUV’, ‘X-ray’ (synonym: ‘Xray’).
sqlpred : str
an SQL WHERE predicate (without the leading “WHERE”) that further contrains the search against supported keywords.
Returns: RegistryResults
a container holding a table of matching resource (e.g. services)
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