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covid19_getdata.py

+import requests
+import csv
+from datetime import datetime
+
+# set output filename
+today = str(datetime.now())
+outputFilename = 'results' + today + '.csv'
+# ask and get data
+response = requests.get("https://opendata.ecdc.europa.eu/covid19/casedistribution/csv")
+data = response.content
+# transform data from string to array
+data = data.split('\n')
+headings = data[0]
+values = data[1:]
+# create dictionaries based on ID
+countriesCases = {}
+countriesDeaths = {}
+# loop over data
+for datarow in values:
+    datarow = datarow.split(',')
+    id = datarow[7]
+    if id in countriesCases:
+        countriesCases[id] += int(datarow[4])
+        countriesDeaths[id] += int(datarow[5])
+    else:
+        countriesCases[id] = int(datarow[4])
+        countriesDeaths[id] = int(datarow[5])
+
+# create lists of lists sorted by country ID
+toWrite = [["ID", "CASES", "DEATHS"]]
+for key in sorted(countriesCases.keys()):
+    toWrite.append([key, countriesCases[key], countriesDeaths[key]])
+
+# write results to file (alternatively: to database)
+with open(outputFilename, "wb") as f:
+    writer = csv.writer(f)
+    writer.writerows(toWrite)
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