from json import dump from requests import get from constants import FILES, URL def format_url(dataset) -> str: """ Constructs the API's URL for the requested dataset """ link = URL.format(dataset) return link def request_dataset(dataset): """ Fetches the requested dataset from opendata's API Raises an exception if there's an HTTP error """ url = format_url(dataset) response = get(url) response.raise_for_status() data = response.json() return data