Update app.py

app.py

@@ -70,12 +70,16 @@ def run_blast(arguments_string: str) -> str:
 
     api_url = 'https://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/blast/Blast.cgi'
     payload = {
-        'CMD': 'Put',
-        'PROGRAM': program,
-        'DATABASE': database,
-        'QUERY': query_sequence  # Let requests handle the encoding
+    'CMD': 'Put',
+    'PROGRAM': program,
+    'DATABASE': database,
+    'QUERY': query_sequence,
+    'HITLIST_SIZE': '5',      # Return only the top 5 hits
+    'DESCRIPTIONS': '5',       # Print only 5 descriptions
+    'ALIGNMENTS': '5'
     }
 
+
     try:
         response = requests.post(api_url, data=payload)
         response.raise_for_status()