Code block for testing pfeffernusse response when errors are being thrown. Toss this into a notebook and alter the URL to test different instances of pfeffernusse.

test_pfeffernusse_response.py

import csmapi
import requests
from requests.adapters import HTTPAdapter
from requests.packages.urllib3.util.retry import Retry
import os
import json

def requests_retry_session(retries=1, backoff_factor=0.3, status_forcelist=(500, 502, 504), session=None):
    session = session or requests.Session()
    retry = Retry(total=retries, read=retries, connect=retries, backoff_factor=backoff_factor, status_forcelist=status_forcelist)
    adapter = HTTPAdapter(max_retries=retry)
    session.mount('http://', adapter)
    session.mount('https://', adapter)
    return session

def create_camera(geodata):
    # Create the camera entry
    label = pvl.dumps(geodata.metadata).decode()
    #url = 'http://smalls:5051/v1/pds/'
    url = 'http://pfeffer.wr.usgs.gov/v1/pds'
    #url = 'http://astrovm4:5050/v1/pds/'
    response = requests_retry_session().post(url, json={'label':label})
    if response == None:
        response = requests_retry_session().post(url, json={'label':label})
    response = response.json()
    print(response)
    model_name = response.get('name_model', None)
    if model_name is None:
        return (None, None)
    isdpath = os.path.splitext(geodata.file_name)[0] + '.json'
    try:
        with open(isdpath, 'w') as f:
            json.dump(response, f)
    except Exception as e:
        warnings.warn('Failed to write JSON ISD for image {}.\n{}'.format(geodata.file_name, e))
    isd = csmapi.Isd(geodata.file_name)
    plugin = csmapi.Plugin.findPlugin('UsgsAstroPluginCSM')
    camera = plugin.constructModelFromISD(isd, model_name)
    serialized_camera = camera.getModelState()

    cam = Cameras(camera=serialized_camera)
    return cam, camera

import pvl
from plio.io.io_gdal import GeoDataset
gd = GeoDataset('/scratch/jlaura/elysium/cal/K02_053994_1943_XI_14N180W.cal.cub')
#gd = GeoDataset('/scratch/jlaura/elysium/cal/P02_001632_2085_XI_28N194W.cal.cub')
create_camera(gd)