Finish MVP for transliterations

code is reasonably well-written
checked that we get seemingly good data back
adding README
adding data

transliterations/src/wikidata_search.py

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+# generate a list of wikidata entities related to keywords
+from os import path
+from sys import stdout
+from wikidata_api_calls import search_wikidata, get_wikidata_api
+import csv
+
+class Wikidata_ResultSet:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.results = []
+
+    def extend(self, term, results):
+        self.results.extend([Wikidata_Result(term, result, i)
+                                    for i, result in enumerate(results)])
+
+    def to_csv(self, outfile=None):
+        if outfile is None:
+            of = stdout
+
+        else:
+            of = open(outfile,'w',newline='')
+
+        writer = csv.writer(of)
+        writer.writerow(Wikidata_Result.__slots__)
+        writer.writerows(map(Wikidata_Result.to_list, self.results))
+
+
+class Wikidata_Result:
+    # store unique entities found in the search results, the position in the search result, and the date
+    __slots__=['search_term','entityid','pageid','search_position','timestamp']
+
+    def __init__(self,
+                 term,
+                 search_result,
+                 position):
+
+        self.search_term = term.strip()
+        self.entityid = search_result['title']
+        self.pageid = int(search_result['pageid'])
+        self.search_position = int(position)
+        self.timestamp = search_result['timestamp']
+
+    def to_list(self):
+        return [self.search_term,
+                self.entityid,
+                self.pageid,
+                self.search_position,
+                self.timestamp]
+    
+def run_wikidata_searches(terms_file = '../data/input/base_terms.txt', outfile="../data/output/wikidata_search_results.csv"):
+
+    resultset = Wikidata_ResultSet()
+    for term in open(terms_file,'r'):
+        api = get_wikidata_api()
+        search_results = search_wikidata(api, term)
+        resultset.extend(term, search_results)
+
+    resultset.to_csv(outfile)
+
+
+    ## search each of the base terms in wikidata
+
+    # store unique entities found in the search results, the position in the search result, and the date
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    run_wikidata_searches()