Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the UK - API Service

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Software Development Kit (SDK) for Python

This is a Python SDK for the COVID-19 API, as published by Public Health England on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the UK_.

Documentation .............

Comprehensive documentations and examples for this library is available on the documentations website_.

SDK for other languages .......................

Similar libraries are also available for JavaScript, R, .Net, and Elixir.

The API

The API supplies the latest data for the COVID-19 outbreak in the United Kingdom. The endpoint for the data provided using this SDK is:

::

https://api.coronavirus.data.gov.uk/v1/data

See the Developers Guide_ for additional information on the API and see a list of latest metrics.

Installation

Python 3.7+ is required to install and use this library.

To install, please run:

.. code-block:: bash

pip install uk-covid19

You may install the library for a specific version of Python as follows:

.. code-block:: python

python -m pip install uk-covid19

You can simply replace python with a specific version for which you wish to install the library - e.g. python3 or python3.8.

Developed and maintained by Public Health England_.

Copyright (c) 2020, Public Health England.

.. _Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the UK: http://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/ .. _Public Health England: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/public-health-england .. _Developers Guide: https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/developers-guide .. _JavaScript: https://github.com/publichealthengland/coronavirus-dashboard-api-javascript-sdk .. _R: https://github.com/publichealthengland/coronavirus-dashboard-api-R-sdk .. _.Net: https://github.com/publichealthengland/coronavirus-dashboard-api-net-sdk .. _documentations website: https://publichealthengland.github.io/coronavirus-dashboard-api-python-sdk/ .. _Elixir: https://github.com/publichealthengland/coronavirus-dashboard-api-elixir-sdk

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