add warning

Author: mishaschwartz

pystac_client/client.py

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 )
 from pystac_client.mixins import QUERYABLES_ENDPOINT, QueryablesMixin
 from pystac_client.stac_api_io import StacApiIO, Timeout
-from pystac_client.warnings import DoesNotConformTo, FallbackToPystac, NoConformsTo
+from pystac_client.warnings import DoesNotConformTo, FallbackToPystac, NoConformsTo, PystacClientWarning
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from pystac.item import Item as Item_Type
@@ -458,6 +458,11 @@ def get_items(
                 catalog.
         """
         if self.conforms_to(ConformanceClasses.ITEM_SEARCH):
+            if recursive is False:
+                warnings.warn(
+                    "Getting items recursively using the /search endpoint "
+                    "(the recursive argument is being ignored).",
+                PystacClientWarning)
             search = self.search(ids=ids)
             yield from search.items()
         else: