def search_companies(self, term, **kwargs):
params = kwargs<EOL>params['<STR_LIT:q>'] = term<EOL>baseuri = self._BASE_URI + '<STR_LIT>'<EOL>res = self.session.get(baseuri, params=params)<EOL>self.handle_http_error(res)<EOL>return res<EOL>
Search for companies by name.

        Args:
          term (str): Company name to search on
          kwargs (dict): additional keywords passed into
            requests.session.get params keyword.