itayze / coronavirus-live-data

Coronavirus-live-data is a module for extracting the latest data regarding COVID-19

Coronavirus Live Data

Coronavirus-live-data is a module for extracting the latest data regarding COVID-19

Installation

This module is distributed on npm. To add it as a dependency, run the following command:

npm install coronavirus-live-data

Usage

Retrieve data by country

the listed functions accept one argument (required) to represent the country.

State representation is supported by one of the following:

1. ISO Alpha-2 code (e.g.,IL,NL)
2. ISO Alpha-3 code (e.g.,ISR,NLD)
3. State name (e.g., Israel, Netherlands)

totalCases(country) returns the updated number of confirmed cases. totalRecovered(country) returns the updated number of recovered. totalDeaths(country) returns the updated number of deaths.

Retrieve worldwide recent data

worldCases,worldRecovered and worldDeaths functions does not require any arguments and retrieve recent numbers accordingly.

Use provided functions with Promise syntax:

const covidData= require('coronavirus-live-data')

covidData.totalCases('il').then((totalCases)=>{
    console.log('total cases in Israel: '+totalCases) 
}).catch((error)=>{
    console.log(error)
})

Data

The data is extracted using web scraping techniques.

as soon as any of the countries update data, it will affect the module immediately.

Examples

Retrieving total recovered in the Netherlands:

covidData.totalRecovered('Netherlands').then((totalRecovered)=>{
    console.log('totalRecovered: '+totalRecovered)
}).catch((error)=>{ 
    console.log(error)
})

Retrieving total cases in Brazil:

covidData.totalCases('BR').then((totalCases)=>{
    console.log('totalCases: '+totalCases)
}).catch((error)=>{ 
    console.log(error)
})

Retrieving world total cases:

covidData.worldCases().then((worldCases)=>{
    console.log('worldCases: '+worldCases)
}).catch((error)=>{
    console.log(error)
})

License

MIT