ifs (class) ∞

class ifs(log, settings=False, pathToDataFile=False, version=False, catalogueName='', coordinateList=[], radiusArcsec=False)[source] ∞

Bases: sherlock.imports._base_importer._base_importer

Importer for the Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) IFS galaxy catalogue stream

Key Arguments

  • log – logger

  • settings – the settings dictionary

Usage

To import the IFS catalogue stream into the sherlock-catalogues database, run the following:

from sherlock.imports import IFS

stream = IFS(
    log=log,
    settings=settings
)
stream.ingest()

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Methods

add_data_to_database_table(dictList[, …])

Import data in the list of dictionaries in the requested database table

ingest()

Import the IFS catalogue into the sherlock-catalogues database
add_data_to_database_table(dictList, createStatement=False)[source] ∞

Import data in the list of dictionaries in the requested database table

Also adds HTMIDs and updates the sherlock-catalogue database helper table with the time-stamp of when the imported catlogue was last updated

Key Arguments

  • dictList - a list of dictionaries containing all the rows in the catalogue to be imported

  • createStatement - the table’s mysql create statement (used to generate table if it does not yet exist in database). Default False

Usage

self.add_data_to_database_table(
    dictList=dictList,
    createStatement=createStatement
)

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ingest()[source] ∞

Import the IFS catalogue into the sherlock-catalogues database

The method first generates a list of python dictionaries from the IFS datafile, imports this list of dictionaries into a database table and then generates the HTMIDs for that table.

Usage

See class docstring for usage