Merge pull request #2585 from bsipocz/alma_get_query_payload

ENH: get_query_payload to return useful info

astroquery/alma/core.py

@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ def query_region_async(self, coordinate, radius, *, public=True,
                                 payload=payload, **kwargs)
 
     def query_async(self, payload, *, public=True, science=True,
-                    legacy_columns=False, get_query_payload=None,
+                    legacy_columns=False, get_query_payload=False,
                     maxrec=None, **kwargs):
         """
         Perform a generic query with user-specified payload
@@ -380,11 +380,16 @@ def query_async(self, payload, *, public=True, science=True,
             payload['science_observation'] = science
         if public is not None:
             payload['public_data'] = public
-        if get_query_payload:
-            return payload
 
         query = _gen_sql(payload)
+
+        if get_query_payload:
+            # Return the TAP query payload that goes out to the server rather
+            # than the unprocessed payload dict from the python side
+            return query
+
         result = self.query_tap(query, maxrec=maxrec)
+
         if result is not None:
             result = result.to_table()
         else:

astroquery/alma/tests/test_alma.py

@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ def test_galactic_query():
     result = alma.query_region(SkyCoord(0*u.deg, 0*u.deg, frame='galactic'),
                                radius=1*u.deg, get_query_payload=True)
 
-    assert result['ra_dec'] == SkyCoord(0*u.deg, 0*u.deg, frame='galactic').icrs.to_string() + ", 1.0"
+    assert "'ICRS',266.405,-28.9362,1.0" in result
 
 
 def test_download_files():