Get VIAF ID

get_viaf_id.py

def get_viaf_id(gnd_id: str) -> str:
    """
    Get the VIAF ID for a given GND ID.
    Args: gnd_id (str): GND ID of the entity.
    Returns: str: VIAF ID of the entity.
    """
    
    try:
        request = requests.get(
            "https://lobid.org/gnd/" + gnd_id + ".json"
        )
        request_json = request.json()
        #print(json.dumps(request_json, indent=4))
        for sameAs in request_json["sameAs"]:
            if sameAs["collection"]["abbr"] == "VIAF":
                print("VIAF ID found for " + gnd_id + ".")
                viaf_id = sameAs["id"]
                return viaf_id
            
        print("No VIAF ID found for " + gnd_id + ".")
        return None
    
    except:
        print("No VIAF ID found for " + gnd_id + ".")
        return None
      
# test it
print(get_viaf_id("11850553X"))  

This function gets the VIAF ID from a GND ID of an entity.