Archive ADS

NASA Astrophysics Data System literature search. See also the ads_query_compact and ads_get_paper tools.

• Module name: ads
• Python class: astroquery.nasa_ads.ADS
• Functions: 3

Call any function below with the astroquery_execute MCP tool. Descriptions are taken from the upstream astroquery/astropy docstrings.

Function	Summary
clear_cache	Removes all cache files.
query_simple	Basic query. Uses a string and the ADS generic query.
reset_cache_location	Resets the cache location to the default astropy cache

Functions

clear_cache

Removes all cache files.

ADS.clear_cache()

Call via MCP

astroquery_execute(
    module_name="ads",
    function_name="clear_cache",
    params={},
)

Parameters

No parameters.

query_simple

Basic query. Uses a string and the ADS generic query.

ADS.query_simple(query_string, *, get_query_payload=False, get_raw_response=False, cache=True)

Call via MCP

astroquery_execute(
    module_name="ads",
    function_name="query_simple",
    params={"query_string": "<query_string>"},
)

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
query_string (required)
get_query_payload		False
get_raw_response		False
cache		True

reset_cache_location

Resets the cache location to the default astropy cache

ADS.reset_cache_location()

Call via MCP

astroquery_execute(
    module_name="ads",
    function_name="reset_cache_location",
    params={},
)

Parameters

No parameters.