import requests
from django.conf import settings

_BASE = 'https://perenual.com/api'


def search_species(query):
    """Query Perenual species-list endpoint. Returns list of result dicts or [] on any error."""
    if not settings.PERENUAL_API_KEY:
        return []
    try:
        resp = requests.get(
            f'{_BASE}/species-list',
            params={'q': query, 'key': settings.PERENUAL_API_KEY},
            timeout=5,
        )
        resp.raise_for_status()
        return resp.json().get('data', [])
    except Exception:
        return []