Main : SkyPortal Fink Client

poll_alerts()

Connect to and poll alerts from fink servers to post them in skyportal using its API, using a config file containing the necessary access credentials to both fink and skyportal, as well as a list of topics to subscribe to (corresponding to a classification in skyportal).

Arguments:

max_timeout: int
    maximum time to wait for a message to be received from a topic
    (max interval between two polling tries)

Returns:

None