astropy / astropy/astroquery

BUG: ISO.get_postcard() format is GIF rather than PNG

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Description

Even though the postcard is saved with the `png` extension, it's a gif file.

I run into this as I was trying to get rid of pulling in an extra dependency for the postdoc example in the docs.

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Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start at the ISO.get_postcard() entry point and reproduce the saved-file format versus its .png extension. Done means the postcard is actually encoded as PNG when saved with that extension, with the existing postdoc example still working.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
api
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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