multi_psf_retriever

acstools.focus_diverse_epsfs.multi_psf_retriever(input_list, download_location, num_workers=8)

Function to batch query the API on AWS API Gateway for multiple ePSFs simultaneously.

Note

This function requires an optional dask dependency to be installed.

Parameters:

  • input_list (list or str) – If a list is given, it must contain a list of rootnames. If a string is given, it must be a text file with one rootname per line.

  • download_location (str) – Directory name where the file will be downloaded to. It must exist and you must have write permission to it.

  • num_workers (int) – Max number of workers for dask.compute().

Returns:

results – List of downloaded ePSF FITS files.

Return type:

list of str