ENH: querying tool for the Planetary Ring Node

.gitignore

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ MANIFEST
 pip-wheel-metadata
 .hypothesis
 doctests.py
+coverage.xml
 
 # Sphinx
 _build

CHANGES.rst

@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ esa.hubble
 - Status and maintenance messages from eHST TAP when the module is instantiated. get_status_messages method to retrieve them. [#2597]
 - Optional parameters in all methods are kwargs keyword only. [#2597]
 
+solarsystem.pds
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+- New module to access the Planetary Data System's Ring Node System. [#2358]
+
+
 Service fixes and enhancements
 ------------------------------
 

astroquery/solarsystem/pds/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+"""
+RingNode
+--------
+
+:author: Ned Molter ([email protected])
+"""
+
+from astropy import config as _config
+
+
+class Conf(_config.ConfigNamespace):
+    """
+    Configuration parameters for `astroquery.solarsystem.pds`.
+    """
+
+    # server settings
+    url = _config.ConfigItem(
+        "https://pds-rings.seti.org/cgi-bin/tools/viewer3_xxx.pl?", "Ring Node"
+    )
+
+    # implement later: other pds tools
+
+    timeout = _config.ConfigItem(30, "Time limit for connecting to PDS servers (seconds).")
+
+
+conf = Conf()
+
+from .core import RingNode, RingNodeClass
+
+__all__ = [
+    "RingNode",
+    "RingNodeClass",
+    "Conf",
+    "conf",
+]