get_director_response¶

requests_pelican.director.get_director_response(path, federation=None, *, cache=True, timeout=60, **kwargs)[source]¶

Query for director information for a Pelican path.

Parameters¶

pathstr: The Pelican data path, must be a sub-path of the right namespace for this DirectorResponse.
federationstr: The name or URL of the Pelican Federation that contains the path. This is required if path isn’t a valid Pelican URI from which the federation URL can be parsed.
cachebool, str: Whether to use a cached copy of the DirectorResponse for the federation (True or False). If cache="update" is given, query the director again and update the cache with the new response.
timeoutint, optional: The timeout (seconds) after which to abort requests to the Pelican director.
randombool: If True, shuffle the list of URLs before returning.
kwargs: Other keyword arguments are passed to get_director_response.