from json import loads def request(query, params): params['url'] = 'http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&list=search&srsearch=%s&srprop=timestamp&format=json' % query return params def response(resp): search_results = loads(resp.text) results = [] for res in search_results.get('query', {}).get('search', []): results.append({'url': 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%s' % res['title'].replace(' ', '_'), 'title': res['title']}) return results