Support for Custom `REQUEST` Methods in `TAPService` Queries
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Description
### Description:
I am proposing an enhancement to the `pyvo.dal.TAPService` functionality to support custom `REQUEST `methods, such as `doQueryFilteredByDistance`, in addition to the default `doQuery`. This feature will provide greater flexibility and utility for users, particularly in the context of integrating the `TAPService` with the `sunpy-soar` module.
### Context:
The current implementation of the `pyvo.dal.TAPService` class hardcodes the `REQUEST ` parameter to `doQuery`. However, there are scenarios where alternative `REQUEST `methods are required to perform more specialized queries, such as filtering results by distance using `doQueryFilteredByDistance`. This was identified during the development and integration efforts within the `sunpy-soar `project, where the ability to perform such queries would be helpful for effectively interfacing with the Solar Orbiter Archive (SOAR) API.
### Proposed Solution:
Enhance the `TAPService ` class to accept an ` request_type` argument, with the default value set to `doQuery`. This argument will allow users to specify the desired `REQUEST ` method when constructing their queries.
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Research direction
Start at pyvo.dal.TAPService and trace where TAP queries hardcode the REQUEST method to doQuery. Preserve doQuery as the default, allow request_type to select custom methods, and verify both default and custom query behavior in the relevant tests.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- api, backend-api-design
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100