astropy / astropy/astroquery

How to access the MAST cache

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Description

Repost from Slack: I have used astroquery to download and cache TESS FFI cutouts with the `TessCut` class. Is there a way to iterate over files in the astroquery-MAST cache, rather than re-querying for the cutouts with `Tesscut.get_cutouts`?

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Research direction

Start by reading the TessCut class and the code behind Tesscut.get_cutouts to understand how the astroquery-MAST cache is stored. Determine whether cached TESS FFI cutouts can be enumerated without issuing a new query. Done means providing a documented way to iterate over matching cached files.

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Tech stack
python
Domain
data
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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