Photon (komoot) helper functions in Python

photon.py

import requests
from requests.auth import HTTPBasicAuth

base_url = "https://photon.yourserver.de"

# Create an HTTP session with basic authentication
username = "username"
password = "password"
session = requests.Session()
session.auth = HTTPBasicAuth(username, password)

def send_request(endpoint, params):
    try:
        url = f"{base_url}/{endpoint}"
        response = session.get(url, params=params)

        response.raise_for_status()  # Raise an exception for non-200 status codes

        return response.json()
    except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
        raise Exception("An error occurred while making the request: " + str(e))

def search(query, lon=None, lat=None, zoom=None, location_bias_scale=None, limit=None, lang=None, bbox=None):
    try:
        endpoint = "api"
        params = {'q': query}

        if lon is not None and lat is not None:
            params['lon'] = lon
            params['lat'] = lat

        if zoom is not None:
            params['zoom'] = zoom

        if location_bias_scale is not None:
            params['location_bias_scale'] = location_bias_scale

        if limit is not None:
            params['limit'] = limit

        if lang is not None:
            params['lang'] = lang

        if bbox is not None:
            params['bbox'] = bbox

        return send_request(endpoint, params)
    except Exception as e:
        raise Exception("An error occurred in the search function: " + str(e))

def reverse_geocode(lon, lat):
    try:
        endpoint = "reverse"
        params = {'lon': lon, 'lat': lat}
        return send_request(endpoint, params)
    except Exception as e:
        raise Exception("An error occurred in the reverse_geocode function: " + str(e))

# Tests

reverse_geocode(6.3452321, 48.72385)
search("mittenheimer straße münchen", limit=1, lang="de")