"I'm feeling lucky" type retrieval of an artist id given a search term

spotify_get_artist_id.py

import requests


spotify_endpoint = "https://api.spotify.com/v1/"

def get_artist_id(search_term):
    """
    I'm feeling lucky search for artist_id
    """
    params = {
        'q': search_term,
        'type': 'artist'
    }
    artist_id = None
    try:
        r = requests.get(spotify_endpoint + 'search', params=params).json()
        artists = r.get('artists', {}).get('items')
        if artists:
            artist_id = artists[0].get('id')
    except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
        print e
    return artist_id