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backend url setting #175

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add support for setting METACULUS_API_BASE_URL,
lsabor Dec 17, 2025
e7a1b85
add env var to template
lsabor Dec 17, 2025
2951a6e
add missing f string prefix
lsabor Dec 18, 2025
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions .env.template
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Expand Up @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=

# Fill this in if using the Metaculus API
METACULUS_TOKEN=
METACULUS_API_BASE_URL=https://www.metaculus.com/api

# As of Jan 23rd 2025, only used for free semantic similarity calculation in Deduplicator, but defaults to OpenAI if not filled in
HUGGINGFACE_API_KEY=
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11 changes: 9 additions & 2 deletions forecasting_tools/data_models/questions.py
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Expand Up @@ -403,8 +403,15 @@ def _get_bounds_from_api_json(
lower_bound = api_json["question"]["scaling"]["range_min"]
zero_point = api_json["question"]["scaling"]["zero_point"]

assert isinstance(upper_bound, float), f"Upper bound is {upper_bound}"
assert isinstance(lower_bound, float), f"Lower bound is {lower_bound}"
try:
upper_bound = float(upper_bound)
lower_bound = float(lower_bound)
except (TypeError, ValueError):
logger.error(
f"Error parsing bounds from API JSON. "
f"Upper bound: {upper_bound}, Lower bound: {lower_bound}"
)
raise
return (
open_upper_bound,
open_lower_bound,
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4 changes: 3 additions & 1 deletion forecasting_tools/helpers/metaculus_client.py
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Expand Up @@ -38,6 +38,8 @@

logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)

API_BASE_URL = os.getenv("METACULUS_API_BASE_URL", "https://www.metaculus.com/api")

Q = TypeVar("Q", bound=MetaculusQuestion)
T = TypeVar("T", bound=BaseModel)

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def __init__(
self,
base_url: str = "https://www.metaculus.com/api",
base_url: str = API_BASE_URL,
timeout: int = 30,
sleep_time_between_requests_min: float = 1.5,
sleep_jitter_seconds: float = 0.5,
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