[bitbar] plugin that grabs some localised COVID-19 stats from https://thevirustracker.com

covid.30m.js

#!/usr/bin/env /usr/local/bin/node
const bitbar = require('bitbar');
const http = require('https');

// change me for your region
const region = 'GB'

http.get(`https://thevirustracker.com/free-api?countryTotal=${region}`, (res) => {
  const { statusCode } = res;
  const contentType = res.headers['content-type'];

  let error;
  if (statusCode !== 200) {
    error = new Error('Request Failed.\n' +
                      `Status Code: ${statusCode}`);
  } else if (!/^application\/json/.test(contentType)) {
    error = new Error('Invalid content-type.\n' +
                      `Expected application/json but received ${contentType}`);
  }
  if (error) {
    console.error(error.message);
    // Consume response data to free up memory
    res.resume();
    return;
  }

  res.setEncoding('utf8');
  let rawData = '';
  res.on('data', (chunk) => { rawData += chunk; });
  res.on('end', () => {
    try {
      const now = new Date();
      const min = now.getMinutes().toString().padStart(2,'0');
      const hr  = now.getHours().toString().padStart(2,'0');

      const parsedData = JSON.parse(rawData);
      const data = parsedData.countrydata[0];
      bitbar([
        {text: `🦠 ${data.total_cases}`},
        bitbar.separator,
        ...(data.total_new_cases_today||data.total_new_deaths_today?[
          {text: `New cases today: ${data.total_new_cases_today}`},
          {text: `New deaths today: ${data.total_new_deaths_today}`}
        ]:[{text:'No new cases today'}]),
        bitbar.separator,
        {text: `Recovered: ${data.total_recovered}`},
        {text: `Deaths: ${data.total_deaths}`},
        {text: `Active cases: ${data.total_active_cases}`},
        {text: `Serious cases: ${data.total_serious_cases}`},
        bitbar.separator,
        {text: `Stats for ${region}`},
        {text: `Powered by thevirustracker.com`, href: data.info.source},
        {text: `Retrieved at ${hr}:${min}`},
      ])
    } catch (e) {
      console.error(e.message);
    }
  });
}).on('error', (e) => {
  console.error(`Got error: ${e.message}`);
});