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API/loc.py

@@ -15,31 +15,18 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 import json
 from typing import Any, Dict, Optional
 
-from API.HTTP import HTTPClient
+from .base import API, ApiError
 
 
-class LOCError(Exception):
+class LOCError(ApiError):
     pass
 
 
-class LOCClient:
+class LOCClient(API):
     """Minimal client for the public LoC JSON API."""
 
-    BASE_URL = "https://www.loc.gov"
-
-    def __init__(self, *, timeout: float = 20.0):
-        self.timeout = float(timeout)
-
-    def _get_json(self, path: str, params: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
-        url = self.BASE_URL.rstrip("/") + "/" + str(path or "").lstrip("/")
-        try:
-            with HTTPClient(timeout=self.timeout) as client:
-                resp = client.get(url, params=params)
-                resp.raise_for_status()
-                # httpx.Response.json() exists but keep decoding consistent
-                return json.loads(resp.content.decode("utf-8"))
-        except Exception as exc:
-            raise LOCError(str(exc)) from exc
+    def __init__(self, *, base_url: str = "https://www.loc.gov", timeout: float = 20.0):
+        super().__init__(base_url=base_url, timeout=timeout)
 
     def search_chronicling_america(
         self,