exowanderer/exomast_api

Python wrapper for exo.mast.stsci.edu/api

exomast_api's Issues

Good way for look up table for names

def get_canonical_name(target_name):
    '''Get ExoMAST prefered name for exoplanet.
        Parameters
        ----------
        target_name : string
            The name of the target transit. 
        Returns
        -------
        canonical_name : string
    '''

    target_url = "https://exo.mast.stsci.edu/api/v0.1/exoplanets/identifiers/"
    
    # Create params dict for url parsing. Easier than trying to format yourself.
    params = {"name":target_name}
    
    r = requests.get(target_url, params=params)
    planetnames = r.json()
    canonical_name = planetnames['canonicalName']
    
    return canonical_name