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diff --git a/webapi/web_api.py b/webapi/web_api.py
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+import urllib.request
+import json
+
+
+class WebAPI:
+    """
+    General class for interacting with web APIs
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, api_key: str, base_url: str) -> None:
+        self.api_key = api_key
+        self.base_url = base_url
+
+    def _download_url(self, query: str, header = 'X-APIKEY') -> dict:
+        """
+        Downloads the URL and returns the result as a string
+        param:
+            query: str - the query to be appended to the base URL
+        """
+        if self.api_key is None:
+            raise Exception("API key not set")
+        opener = urllib.request.build_opener()
+        opener.addheaders = [(header, self.api_key)]
+        urllib.request.install_opener(opener)
+        response = urllib.request.urlopen(self.base_url + query)
+        json_results = response.read()
+        r_obj = json.loads(json_results)
+        response.close()
+        return r_obj