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# check_conesearch_sites

`astropy.vo.validator.validate.``check_conesearch_sites`(*args, **kwargs)

  Validate Cone Search Services.

  Note

  URLs are unescaped prior to validation.

  Only check queries with `<testQuery>` parameters. Does not perform meta-data and erroneous queries.

  Parameters:

  destdir : str, optional

  > Directory to store output files. Will be created if does not exist. Existing files with these names will be deleted or replaced:

  > > - conesearch_good.json
  > > - conesearch_warn.json
  > > - conesearch_exception.json
  > > - conesearch_error.json

  verbose : bool, optional

  > Print extra info to log.

  parallel : bool, optional

  > Enable multiprocessing.

  url_list : list of string, optional

  > Only check these access URLs against `astropy.vo.validator.Conf.conesearch_master_list` and ignore the others, which will not appear in output files. By default, check those in `astropy.vo.validator.Conf.conesearch_urls`. If `None`, check everything.

  Raises:

  IOError

  > Invalid destination directory.

  timeout

  > URL request timed out.

  ValidationMultiprocessingError

  > Multiprocessing failed.