find_observatories

gwdatafind.find_observatories(match=None, host=None, session=None, **request_kw)

Query a GWDataFind host for observatories with available data.

Parameters

• match (str, re.Pattern, optional) – restrict returned observatories to those matching a regular expression.

• host (str, optional) – the URL/name of the GWDataFind host to query; if not given get_default_host() will be used to discover the default host.

• session (requests.Session, optional) – the connection session to use; if not given, a igwn_auth_utils.requests.Session will be created on-the-fly

• token – passed directly to Session, see SciTokens for more details.

• token_audience – passed directly to Session, see SciTokens for more details.

• token_scope – passed directly to Session, see SciTokens for more details.

• cert – passed directly to Session, see X.509 for more details.

• request_kw – other keywords are passed to igwn_auth_utils.get()

Returns

obs (list of str) – the list of known observatories prefices (and combinations)

Raises

requests.RequestsException – if the request fails for any reason

Examples

>>> find_observatories(host="datafind.gw-openscience.org")
['L', 'V', 'H']
>>> find_observatories(match="H", host="datafind.gw-openscience.org")
['H']