old_contents: import requests
  from django.conf import settings
  
  
  class ViafAPI(object):
      """Wrapper for ViafAPI"""
  
      def __init__(self):
          default_url = 'https://www.viaf.org/viaf/AutoSuggest?query='
          self.base_url = getattr(settings, "VIAF_AUTOSUGGEST_URL", default_url)
  
      def search(self, query):
          """Do a GET request to pull in JSON"""
          r = requests.get('%s%s' % (self.base_url, query))
          # Check to make sure we have a sucesss (i.e. a 200 code)
          if 200 <= r.status_code < 300:
              return r.json()
          else:
              return None
  
      @classmethod
      def uri_from_id(cls, viaf_id):
          return 'https://viaf.org/viaf/%s/' % viaf_id
  
new_contents: import json
  import requests
  
  
  class ViafAPI(object):
      """Wrapper for Viaf API"""
  
      def __init__(self):
          self.base_url = "https://www.viaf.org/"
  
      def suggest(self, query):
          """Do a GET request to pull in JSON"""
          url = self.base_url + "viaf/AutoSuggest?query="
          r = requests.get("%s%s" % (url, query))
          # If result is empty, return an empty list instead of None
          if not (r.json())['result']:
              return json.dumps({'result': []})
  
          return r.json()
  
      @classmethod
      def uri_from_id(cls, viaf_id):
          return "https://viaf.org/viaf/%s/" % viaf_id
  
subject: Refactor for other search options later (search -> suggest)