The Covid-19 API provides current and historical Covid-19 data for every country in the world. Available data includes confirmed case counts and deaths, and is updated everyday.
https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/covid19
Returns either a time series of Covid-19 case counts/deaths for a country/region or a single-day snapshot of every country in the world (see parameters).
Either date or country must be set.
date optionalDate to retrieve single-day snapshot. Must be in the form of YYYY-MM-DD (e.g. 2022-01-01).
country optionalCountry name (case insensitive).
region optionalAdministrative region (also known as state or province in many countries) name (case insensitive). Must be used in conjunction with country. If not set, countries with data broken down by administrative regions will return separate data for each region.
county optionalCounty name for US states (case insensitive). For United States data only. Must be used in conjunction with country (United States) and region (e.g. California).
type optionalType of data to retrieve. Must be either cases or deaths. If not set, cases will be used by default.
X-Api-Key requiredAPI Key associated with your account.
https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/covid19?country=canadaHeaders
X-Api-KeyLog in or sign up to get your API Key1
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[
{
"country": "Canada",
"region": "Alberta",
"cases": {
"2020-01-22": {
"total": 0,
"new": 0
},
"2020-01-23": {
"total": 0,
"new": 0
},
"2020-01-24": {
"total": 0,
"new": 0
},
"2020-01-25": {
"total": 0,
"new": 0
},
"2020-01-26": {
"total": 0,
"new": 0
},
...
}
},
{
"country": "Canada",
"region": "British Columbia",
"cases": {
"2020-01-22": {
"total": 0,
"new": 0
},
"2020-01-23": {
"total": 0,
"new": 0
},
"2020-01-24": {
"total": 0,
"new": 0
},
"2020-01-25": {
"total": 0,
"new": 0
},
"2020-01-26": {
"total": 0,
"new": 0
},
...
}
},
...
]1
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import requests
country = 'canada'
api_url = 'https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/covid19?country={}'.format(country)
response = requests.get(api_url, headers={'X-Api-Key': 'YOUR_API_KEY'})
if response.status_code == requests.codes.ok:
print(response.text)
else:
print("Error:", response.status_code, response.text)If your programming language is not listed in the Code Example above, you can still make API calls by using a HTTP request library written in your programming language and following the above documentation.