README.md

ncov-3d-globe-api

Tutorial

中文文档

Current Support:

3d-globe

• Total Confirmed Cases by State http://pyact.com/ncov-globe/by-state.html

• Total Confirmed Cases by Country http://pyact.com/ncov-globe/by-nation.html

COVID data api

• Cases by States API(except China) http://pyact.com:5000/state-info-api

• Chinese Cases by States API http://pyact.com:5000/province-info-api

Directory Structure:

├─back              //Flask
│  └─flask
│      ├─final      //globe data 
│      ├─mid        //mid-data
│      ├─static     //source data
│      ├─myvenv     //ubuntu virtual environment
│      ├─win-venv   //windows virtual environment
│      ├─main.py    //Flask main app
│      └─scraper.py //Scraper app
├─conf              //ubuntu configuration file
│  ├─init    
│  ├─ncov.service   //ubuntu service configuration( /etc/systemd/system)
│  └─nginx_conf     //ubuntu nginx configuration( /etc/nginx/sites-available)
└─front             //Front-end webgl globe

Back-end :

• Flask
• Python Scraper works every 2 hours. World data is from bing and Chinese data is from Dingxiangyuan.

Front-end :

• webgl globe
• javascript

Running the website locally (windows)

Open a bash terminal/command window and execute the following commands:

1. cd <path-to-this-repo> # change to root of this repo
2. cd back/flask
3. source win-venv/Scripts/activate # activate the virtual encironment
4. python3 run main.py # start back-end server

Start nginx (you shoud download the nginx before)

5. cd <path-to-nginx>/conf # change to nginx conf directory
6. edit this nginx.conf

	server {
		listen       8888; #port  
		server_name  localhost ; 
        location / {
			root   <path-to-this-repo>/front/webgl-globe-master;
            index  globe/index.html;
        }
    }

7. cd <path-to-nginx>

8. start nginx or nginx -s reload

Contributing to the repo:

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