def get_gifs_by_keyword(self, keyword, offset=0, count=40, dont_parse=False):
if not dont_parse:
#Pick the most gif friendly keyword available
keyword = LyricParser.get_keyword(keyword)
params = {'api_key': self.api_key}
params['q'] = keyword
params['limit'] = count
params['offset'] = offset
search_request_url = "%s?%s" % (self.search_by_keyword_endpoint, urllib.urlencode(params))
try:
return simplejson.loads(requests.get(search_request_url, timeout=5).text)
except Exception:
return {}
