timeout for MAST requests implemented

mommermi · Mar 24, 2017 · 0a6fe19 · 0a6fe19
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commit 0a6fe19
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diff --git a/catalog.py b/catalog.py
@@ -245,7 +245,8 @@ def download_catalog(self, ra_deg, dec_deg, rad_deg,
                                       'max_records': int(max_sources), 
                                       'outputformat': 'VOTABLE',
                                       'coordformat': 'FLOAT',
-                                      'ndetections': ('>%d' % max_mag)}) 
+                                      'ndetections': ('>%d' % max_mag)},
+                             timeout=180) 
 
             # write query data into local file 
             outf = open('panstarrs.xml', 'wr')