get_remote_catalog_db

astropy.vo.client.vos_catalog.get_remote_catalog_db(dbname, cache=True, verbose=True)[source] [edit on github]

Deprecated since version 2.0: The get_remote_catalog_db function is deprecated and may be removed in a future version. Use astroquery.vo_conesearch.vos_catalog.get_remote_catalog_db instead.

Get a database of VO services (which is a JSON file) from a remote
location.
Parameters:

dbname : str

Prefix of JSON file to download from astropy.vo.Conf.vos_baseurl.

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.
Returns:

db : VOSDatabase

A database of VO services.