list_catalogs

astropy.vo.client.vos_catalog.list_catalogs(service_type, cache=True, verbose=True, **kwargs)

List the catalogs available for the given service type.

Parameters:

service_type : str

Name of the type of service, e.g., ‘conesearch_good’.

cache : bool

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

verbose : bool

Show download progress bars.

pattern : str 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.

sort : bool

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

Returns:

arr : list of str

List of catalog names.