Refactor: new get_hit_count function

web_view.py

@@ -84,24 +84,25 @@ def article_url(title: str) -> str:
     return flask.url_for("article_page", url_title=title.replace(" ", "_"))
 
 
+def get_hit_count(q: str) -> int:
+    """Search Wikipedia and return hit count."""
+    return typing.cast(int, run_search(q, limit=0)["searchinfo"]["totalhits"])
+
+
 def search_count(q: str) -> int:
     """How often does this article title appear in Wikipedia."""
-    query = run_search(article_title_to_search_query(q), limit=0)
-    return typing.cast(int, query["searchinfo"]["totalhits"]) - 1
+    return get_hit_count(article_title_to_search_query(q)) - 1
 
 
 def search_count_with_link(q: str) -> int:
-    """How often does this article title appear in Wikipedia."""
-    query = run_search(article_title_to_search_query(q) + f' linksto:"{q}"', limit=0)
-    return typing.cast(int, query["searchinfo"]["totalhits"])
+    """Articles in Wikipedia that include this search term and a link."""
+    return get_hit_count(article_title_to_search_query(q) + f' linksto:"{q}"')
 
 
 def search_no_link(q: str) -> tuple[int, list[Hit]]:
     """Search for mentions of article title with no link included."""
     query = run_search(article_title_to_search_query(q) + f' -linksto:"{q}"', "max")
-    totalhits = query["searchinfo"]["totalhits"]
-    results = query["search"]
-    return (totalhits, results)
+    return (query["searchinfo"]["totalhits"], query["search"])
 
 
 @app.before_request