Accept list[str] for thermo_types in ThermoRester.search()

[janosh]

Let me know if I should add a test for this.

Also, I just used str in the type hint as using Literal would break single source of truth for accepted values. But happy to change that if you prefer Literal.

[janosh]

Am I causing this error?

>           raise MPRestError(
                f"REST query returned with error status code {response.status_code} "
                f"on URL {response.url} with message:\n{message}"
            )
E           mp_api.client.core.client.MPRestError: REST query returned with error status code 504 on URL https://api.materialsproject.org/materials/?deprecated=False&crystal_system=Cubic&_all_fields=True&_limit=1 with message:
E           Server timed out trying to obtain data. Try again with a smaller request.

[munrojm]

Thank you for this @janosh, this looks great. The test failures aren't your fault. Something happened server-side so I am re-running. I'll merge once they all finish!

[janosh]

No problem. You prob know this but just in case not, you can enable auto-merge in the repo settings which will show a button below PRs to auto-merge as soon as CI passes.

[mattmcdermott]

Just wanna give a +1 on merging this. I would much rather be passing a string :)

[mattmcdermott]

Would also like to say that it would be nice if the available ThermoType values were added to the MPRester.get_entries and MPRester.get_entries_in_chemsys docstrings to make it easier for the user to configure what entries they want to access

[janosh]

@mattmcdermott You do get to see valid types from the error msg if you pass an invalid one. But I think you're right, they should also be in the doc string.