Cowin Tracker

Python API wrapper for CoWin, India's digital platform launched by the government to help citizens register themselves for the vaccination drive by booking an appointment at the nearby vaccination centres

The process to look-up for available slots to take the vaccine is tedious as you need to log in to the portal every time

This wrapper is meant to enable folks to build their own versions of a system to lookup for vaccine availability either in a district or in a particular pin code.

Example:

from cowin_api import CoWinAPI

cowin = CoWinAPI()

states = cowin.get_states()
print(states)

Install

pip install CoWIN-API-by-Kunal-Kumar-Sahoo

Usage

The wrapper currently covers four endpoints used by the CoWin portal specified below.

Initialize

from cowin_api import CoWinAPI

cowin = CoWinAPI()

Get all the available states

Returns the list of states in which vaccine drive is being conducted. This also returns the state_id which would be required in the subsequent requests.

from cowin_api import CoWinAPI

cowin = CoWinAPI()
states = cowin.get_states()
print(states)

Get all the available districts

Returns the list of districts in a particular states in which vaccine drive is being conducted. This also returns the district_id which would be required in the subsequent requests.

In this method, you would need to pass the state_id retrieved from the previous method.

from cowin_api import CoWinAPI

state_id = '21'
cowin = CoWinAPI()
districts = cowin.get_districts(state_id)
print(districts)

Get all the centers available in a district

Use this method to lookup for centers based on a district_id or a list of district_ids. This method is broader than searching by pin code as it covers the whole district.

In this method, you would need to pass the district_id retrieved from the previous methods. By default, the method looks-up for slots with today's date. For any other dates pass the date in DD-MM-YYYY format.

from cowin_api import CoWinAPI

district_id = '395'
date = '03-05-2021'  # Optional. Takes today's date by default
min_age_limit = 18  # Optional. By default returns centers without filtering by min_age_limit

cowin = CoWinAPI()
available_centers = cowin.get_availability_by_district(district_id, date, min_age_limit)
print(available_centers)

Get all the available centers in a pin code

Use this method to lookup for centers based on a pin_code or a list of pin_codes. By default, the method looks-up for slots with today's date. For any other dates pass the date in DD-MM-YYYY format.

from cowin_api import CoWinAPI

pin_code = "400080"
date = '03-05-2021'  # Optional. Default value is today's date
min_age_limit = 18  # Optional. By default returns centers without filtering by min_age_limit

cowin = CoWinAPI()
available_centers = cowin.get_availability_by_pincode(pin_code, date, min_age_limit)
print(available_centers)

Notes:

The API's of CoWin may at times return a 401 Unauthorized response. To mitigate this we are passing user agents in the request. Still, if the issue persists please wait for a few minutes before trying again.

Please try not to spam the CoWin servers and try to keep a timeout between subsequent requests if you are polling at a fixed interval

Roadmap:

• [x] Add a filter to search by age group of 18-45 and 45+
• [x] Allow user to search for multiple pin codes
• [x] Allow user to search for multiple districts
• [ ] Catch and raise custom exceptions
• [ ] Implement Rate Limiting
• [ ] Implement mocking in test cases

Contributions

Contributions are always welcome!

The roadmap given above is just a line of thought. Please feel free to contribute any other method which you feel could be helpful.

License:

MIT License