list_catalogs

astroquery.vo_conesearch.conesearch.list_catalogs(**kwargs)

Return the available Cone Search catalogs as a list of strings. These can be used for the catalog_db argument to conesearch().

Parameters:

cachebool

Use caching for VO Service database. Access to actual VO websites referenced by the database still needs internet connection.

verbosebool

Show download progress bars.

patternstr or None

If given string is anywhere in a catalog name, it is considered a matching catalog. It accepts patterns as in fnmatch and is case-insensitive. By default, all catalogs are returned.

sortbool

Sort output in alphabetical order. If not sorted, the order depends on dictionary hashing. Default is True.

Returns:

arrlist of str

List of catalog names.