astropy / astropy/astroquery

Replace vamdc with "classic" CDMS interface?

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Description

The VAMDC interface relied on a "beta" project that may be perpetual beta.

The old-school version maybe more reliable:
https://cdms.astro.uni-koeln.de/cgi-bin/cdmssearch

than the new, which is what we tried to support:
https://cdms.astro.uni-koeln.de/cdms/portal/

It would be pretty easy to whip up something analogous to jplspec for cdmssearch

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Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start by reviewing the existing jplspec implementation and the two CDMS interface URLs mentioned in the issue. Determine how to provide an analogous astroquery interface for the classic cdmssearch service; done means the classic service is supported instead of, or alongside, the VAMDC-based portal.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
data
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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