Tell the typechecker to trust us on the type of reqparams

Is this the right way to handle this? Perhaps we need a typeguard.

icepyx/core/granules.py

@@ -17,7 +17,11 @@
 import icepyx.core.APIformatting as apifmt
 from icepyx.core.auth import EarthdataAuthMixin
 import icepyx.core.exceptions
-from icepyx.core.types import CMRParams, EGISpecificParamsSearch
+from icepyx.core.types import (
+ CMRParams,
+ EGISpecificParamsDownload,
+ EGISpecificParamsSearch,
+)
 from icepyx.core.urls import DOWNLOAD_BASE_URL, GRANULE_SEARCH_BASE_URL, ORDER_BASE_URL
 
 
@@ -274,7 +278,7 @@ def get_avail(
  def place_order(
  self,
  CMRparams: CMRParams,
- reqparams: EGISpecificParamsSearch,
+ reqparams: EGISpecificParamsDownload,
  subsetparams,
  verbose,
  subset=True,

icepyx/core/query.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import pprint
-from typing import Optional, Union
+from typing import Optional, Union, cast
 
 import geopandas as gpd
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
@@ -13,7 +13,12 @@
 import icepyx.core.is2ref as is2ref
 import icepyx.core.spatial as spat
 import icepyx.core.temporal as tp
-from icepyx.core.types import CMRParams, EGIParamsSubset, EGISpecificRequiredParams
+from icepyx.core.types import (
+ CMRParams,
+ EGIParamsSubset,
+ EGISpecificParamsDownload,
+ EGISpecificRequiredParams,
+)
 import icepyx.core.validate_inputs as val
 from icepyx.core.variables import Variables as Variables
 from icepyx.core.visualization import Visualize
@@ -1039,7 +1044,7 @@ def order_granules(self, verbose=False, subset=True, email=False, **kwargs):
  tempCMRparams["readable_granule_name[]"] = gran
  self._granules.place_order(
  tempCMRparams,
- self.reqparams,
+ cast(EGISpecificParamsDownload, self.reqparams),
  self.subsetparams(**kwargs),
  verbose,
  subset,
@@ -1049,7 +1054,7 @@ def order_granules(self, verbose=False, subset=True, email=False, **kwargs):
  else:
  self._granules.place_order(
  self.CMRparams,
- self.reqparams,
+ cast(EGISpecificParamsDownload, self.reqparams),
  self.subsetparams(**kwargs),
  verbose,
  subset,