astropy / astropy/astroquery

NIST: return only selected columns

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enhancement nist
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Description

Currently the columns are hard wired and it's not possible either to ask for extra ones to be included or ignore some of them. Would be a nice addition to add a 'column' kwarg with the default of "all".

https://github.com/astropy/astroquery/pull/1393#issuecomment-479792987

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Research direction

Start by locating the NIST query entry point and reading the linked discussion at https://github.com/astropy/astroquery/pull/1393#issuecomment-479792987. The issue names no files or tests; done means callers can use a `column` keyword argument, defaulting to "all", to include or omit selected columns.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
api
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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