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covid19india/covid19india.github.io

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TLDR

The front-end website for covid19india.org, a volunteer-built COVID-19 tracker for India that displayed charts, maps, and tables of case data pulled from a public API, built entirely by community contributors.

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    What it does
      Display COVID-19 data
      Charts and maps
      Volunteer-built
    Data source
      Public API
      Cases and recoveries
      Death counts
    Features
      Interactive charts
      State-level maps
      Data tables
    Audience
      Developers
      Open-source contributors
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Things people build with this

USE CASE 1

Run the app locally to explore how a data-driven public dashboard is built and adapt it for a different dataset or country

USE CASE 2

Study the project as a reference architecture for a JavaScript app that fetches from an external public API and renders charts and maps

USE CASE 3

Contribute new visualizations or improvements to the open-source codebase

Tech stack

JavaScript

Getting it running

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min

In plain English

This is the website for covid19india.org, a volunteer-built tracker that followed the spread of COVID-19 across India. The project grew out of a community effort, drawing contributions from people around the world who wanted to make pandemic data accessible to everyone. The site is a JavaScript application that connects to a public data API at api.covid19india.org. That API provided the raw numbers on cases, recoveries, and deaths, while this repository handled the front-end: the charts, maps, and tables that turned those numbers into something a person could read and understand. The README is minimal, covering only how to install dependencies and start the app locally. The project's main value was as a public data resource during an active health crisis, built and maintained entirely by volunteers. Anyone interested in contributing could follow the project's contribution guide on GitHub.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
Clone covid19india and run it locally, show me the install and start commands, and explain how it fetches data from the API
Prompt 2
How is the covid19india front-end structured? I want to understand how it maps API response fields to chart and map components so I can adapt it for a different dataset
Prompt 3
Show me how to add a new chart to the covid19india app that plots the 7-day rolling average of new cases for a selected state
Prompt 4
How do I replace the covid19india API endpoint with my own data source so I can reuse the dashboard for regional statistics in a different country?
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