covid-visualizations

This is an exploration of data available from the Covid Act Now API.

Environment

Run this to build and enter the environment for this project:

$ make init
$ source venv/bin/activate

API Key

After aquiring an API key as described on the Covid Act Now page, store it in an environment variable as shown below.

$ export COVID_ACT_NOW_API_KEY=YOUR_KEY_HERE

Then, in the same bash session, run a python interpreter in the root directory of this repository.

>>> import data
>>> df = data.get_historic_states_data()