The COVID 19 Dashboard application retrieves the latest news from NewsAPI and COVID-19 statistics from the Public Health England API. Data updates can be scheduled by the user on any time of the day.
Python version 3.9.9 is needed, it can be downloaded from the official Python.org website.
Use the package manager pip to install the prerequisites for the COVID dashboard.
These are the modules that are required for the app:
- pandas
- flask
- requests
- uk_covid19
- threading
For example:
pip install flask
pip install pandasAfter installing the prerequisites, you will need to setup the configuration file. Open up the covid_config.cfg file and enter your API key, image paths and others.
This COVID 19 Dashboard does not support location and nations outside of the UK.
After setting up the covid_config.cfg file, put some images in /static/images and you're all set! If you have an IDE, you may use that to open up main.py and try running the COVID-19 dashboard.
Or you may run main.py from your operating system's command line. First, you will need to get the file path to main.py. To do that, go to your file location and find main.py, then right-click on it and click on Properties. You will find a 'Location' segment on the Properties window. Copy the entire file path.
- Open up command-line
- Type
cdwith a space, then paste the file location and hit enter - Type
python3 main.pyand hit enter - Open up any browser and enter this in the URL
http://127.0.0.1:5000/
Now you can schedule your own news and updates whenever you want to!
Daphne Yap Jun Yi