API: Catlist

CatList returns a list of IRSA's public or private catalog holdings in XML or HTML format.

The general format of an HTTP GET query is:

[URL of program]?[keyword1=value1]&[keyword2=value2]&...[keywordn=valuen]

The URL of the IRSA CatList program is:

https://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/Gator/nph-scan

and its keywords are described below:


 
Keyword Description Allowed Values
mode Catalog listing output format: XML, HTML, or IPAC ASCII html
xml
ascii
projshort Mission/project name for which to show available catalogs WISE (default)
2MASS
IRAS
PTF
Planck
Spitzer
MSX
COSMOS
Bolocam
AKARI
USNO
DENIS
Herschel
Gaia
Composite_Catalogs
Contributed_Data_Sets
Simulated
ZTF

Examples:

Mission Output Format URL
2MASS XML https://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/Gator/nph-scan?projshort=2MASS&mode=xml
IRAS HTML https://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/Gator/nph-scan?projshort=IRAS&mode=html
WISE ASCII https://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/Gator/nph-scan?projshort=WISE&mode=ascii