+"""
+Function to add additional OSM data from a file or the API into the database.
+"""
+from pathlib import Path
+import logging
+import urllib
+
+from nominatim.tools.exec_utils import run_osm2pgsql, get_url
+
+LOG = logging.getLogger()
+
+def add_data_from_file(fname, options):
+ """ Adds data from a OSM file to the database. The file may be a normal
+ OSM file or a diff file in all formats supported by libosmium.
+ """
+ options['import_file'] = Path(fname)
+ options['append'] = True
+ run_osm2pgsql(options)
+
+ # No status update. We don't know where the file came from.
+ return 0
+
+
+def add_osm_object(osm_type, osm_id, use_main_api, options):
+ """ Add or update a single OSM object from the latest version of the
+ API.
+ """
+ if use_main_api:
+ base_url = f'https://www.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/{osm_type}/{osm_id}'
+ if osm_type in ('way', 'relation'):
+ base_url += '/full'
+ else:
+ # use Overpass API
+ if osm_type == 'node':
+ data = f'node({osm_id});out meta;'
+ elif osm_type == 'way':
+ data = f'(way({osm_id});>;);out meta;'
+ else:
+ data = f'(rel(id:{osm_id});>;);out meta;'
+ base_url = 'https://overpass-api.de/api/interpreter?' \
+ + urllib.parse.urlencode({'data': data})
+
+ options['append'] = True
+ options['import_data'] = get_url(base_url).encode('utf-8')
+
+ run_osm2pgsql(options)