From 42d4b95fce2ef8a76b70c7f9130a8b470b77d463 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Adam Ginsburg (keflavich)" <keflavich@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2025 13:57:53 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] move the new check later b/c earlier steps should still work

---
 astroquery/linelists/cdms/core.py | 14 +++++++-------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/astroquery/linelists/cdms/core.py b/astroquery/linelists/cdms/core.py
index c0ef13c740..51074f3142 100644
--- a/astroquery/linelists/cdms/core.py
+++ b/astroquery/linelists/cdms/core.py
@@ -145,13 +145,6 @@ def query_lines_async(self, min_frequency, max_frequency, *,
             else:
                 payload['Molecules'] = molecule
 
-        # accounts for three formats, e.g.: '058501' or 'H2C2S' or '058501 H2C2S'
-        badlist = (self.MALFORMATTED_MOLECULE_LIST +  # noqa
-                   [y for x in self.MALFORMATTED_MOLECULE_LIST for y in x.split()])
-        if payload['Molecules'] in badlist:
-            raise ValueError(f"Molecule {payload['Molecules']} is known not to comply with standard CDMS format.  "
-                             f"Try get_molecule({payload['Molecules']}) instead.")
-
         payload = list(payload.items())
 
         if get_query_payload:
@@ -179,6 +172,13 @@ def query_lines_async(self, min_frequency, max_frequency, *,
         response2 = self._request(method='GET', url=fullurl,
                                   timeout=self.TIMEOUT, cache=cache)
 
+        # accounts for three formats, e.g.: '058501' or 'H2C2S' or '058501 H2C2S'
+        badlist = (self.MALFORMATTED_MOLECULE_LIST +  # noqa
+                   [y for x in self.MALFORMATTED_MOLECULE_LIST for y in x.split()])
+        if payload['Molecules'] in badlist:
+            raise ValueError(f"Molecule {payload['Molecules']} is known not to comply with standard CDMS format.  "
+                             f"Try get_molecule({payload['Molecules']}) instead.")
+
         return response2
 
     def _parse_result(self, response, *, verbose=False):