Google FactCheck API class

factcheck.py

import requests

API_KEY = ""  # TODO
VERSION = "v1alpha1"


class GoogleFactCheckService:
    def __init__(self):
        self.api_key = API_KEY
        self.base_url = f"https://factchecktools.googleapis.com/{VERSION}"
        
    def query(
        self,
        query: str,
        language_code: str = "en-US",
        max_age_days: int = 100,
        review_publisher_site_filter: str = None,
        page_size: int = 10,
    ):
        params = {
            "query": query,
            "languageCode": language_code,
            "pageSize": page_size,
            "maxAgeDays": max_age_days,
            "key": self.api_key,
        }
        if review_publisher_site_filter is not None:
            params["reviewPublisherSiteFilter"] = review_publisher_site_filter
        result = requests.get(f"{self.base_url}/claims:search", params=params)
        return result.json()


if __name__ == "__main__":
    service = GoogleFactCheckService()
    results = service.query(query="covid hoax", language_code="en-US")
    results = service.query(query="chemtrails", language_code="en-US")