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diff --git a/backend/webapi/web_api.py b/backend/webapi/web_api.py
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index 525994c..0000000
--- a/backend/webapi/web_api.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-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