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diff --git a/python/fatcat_web/entity_helpers.py b/python/fatcat_web/entity_helpers.py
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+
+from flask import abort
+from fatcat_client.rest import ApiException
+from fatcat_tools.transforms import *
+from fatcat_web import api
+
+
+def generic_get_entity(entity_type, ident):
+    try:
+        if entity_type == 'container':
+            entity = api.get_container(ident)
+            if entity.state == "active":
+                entity.es = container_to_elasticsearch(entity, force_bool=False)
+            return entity
+        else:
+            raise NotImplementedError
+    except ApiException as ae:
+        abort(ae.status)
+
+def generic_get_editgroup_entity(editgroup, entity_type, ident):
+    if entity_type == 'container':
+        edits = editgroup.edits.containers
+    else:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+    for e in edits:
+        if e.ident == ident:
+            revision_id = e.revision
+            edit = e
+            break
+    if not revision_id:
+        # couldn't find relevent edit in this editgroup
+        abort(404)
+    try:
+        if entity_type == 'container':
+            entity = api.get_container_revision(revision_id)
+        else:
+            raise NotImplementedError
+    except ApiException as ae:
+        abort(ae.status)
+    entity.ident = ident
+    return entity, edit