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API Output for COVID-19 COBOL Challenge is Offline
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Description
The https://api.covid19api.com/summary API used to obtain a JSON file for the COVID-19 Summary Report COBOL Challenge went offline as JHU stops collecting data as per 10 March 2023.
To explore using other options, or archived data from https://github.com/CSSEGISandData/COVID-19 instead.
Reproduction Steps
- Open link https://api.covid19api.com/summary and you will get a 404 response.
Additional Context
Reported via Slack - 13 June 10:13 PM GMT+8
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with COBOL Programming Course #3 - Advanced Topics.md and the COVID-19 Reports COBOL Challenge section, then verify the current response from the linked covid19api.com summary endpoint. Investigate the linked CSSEGISandData/COVID-19 archive or another suitable option, and consider the work complete when the challenge points to an available data source and its expected JSON input remains usable.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
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- documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100