Covid-19 Alerts

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  Example Slack Post

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  Example Slack Post with notes turned on

Inspiration

Covid-19 has affected us all in countless ways. Among other things it has had a deep impact on how we work with restrictions on when we can leave our homes, how we can travel, and when and where to wear a mask. With differing policies and levels of concern from day to day, it can hard to keep track of.

What it does

This Postman collection provides up-to-date Covid-19 information straight to Slack, including government policies and a graph of recent cases so you can be aware of any spikes in Covid-19 cases to help keep you and your co-workers safe.

How we built it

The collection uses Postman's setNextRequest function to make several API calls to the "Oxford University COVID-19 Government Response Tracker" to collate data from across the specified time period then uses a Slack webhook to post the data to a specified Slack channel along including a graph generated with image-charts.com free graph API.

Challenges we ran into

Working with the limitations of the Graph imaging APIs was challenging, but I was still able to show the desired information in a simple and meaningful way.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Creating something that is not only useful to me but can be used to get Covid-19 updates by anyone with a slack channel or as an example of how to use Postman's setNextRequest function for anyone just starting out with Postman.

What we learned

Through this project, I have learnt how to effectively use Postman's setNextRequest function.

What's next for Covid-19 Alerts

The logic and functionality created in this Postman collection can now easily be replicated in a nodeJS application using crons to automatically send the alerts at the start of each day.

Built With

• postman