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+# File defines functions for making api calls to find translations and transliterations for key terms.
+
+import mwapi
+import sys
+sys.path.append("..")
+from defaults import user_agent
+
+def get_wikidata_api():
+ session = mwapi.Session(host="https://wikidata.org/w/api.php", user_agent=user_agent)
+ return session
+
+def search_wikidata(session, term, *args, **kwargs):
+ search_results = session.get(action='query',
+ list='search',
+ srsearch=term,
+# srqiprofile='popular_inclinks_pv',
+ srlimit='max',
+ srnamespace=0,
+ *args,
+ **kwargs)
+
+
+ query = search_results.get('query', None)
+ results = query.get('search', None)
+
+ if results is None:
+ raise mwapi.session.APIError(f"No results for query: {term}")
+
+ return results