@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ shorcut_dict = {
5555def request(query, params):
5656 # replace shortcuts with API advanced search keywords
5757 for key in shorcut_dict.keys():
58− query = re.sub(str(key), str(shorcut_dict[key]), query)
58+ query = re.sub(key, shorcut_dict[key], str(query))
5959
6060 # basic search
6161 offset = (params['pageno'] - 1) * number_of_results