COVID-19 Notifier

Inspiration

I was inspired to create this project because of the amount of rising COVID-19 cases in my city. I also was driven to inform as many people as possible about the rising amount of cases and deaths daily in the country, and decided to apply my skills in computer programming to do so.

What it does

Sends a notification on your computer screen everyday, informing you on the new cases and deaths in the United States.

How I built it

I used simple webscraping to get the necessary data, and learned how to send notifications with python through YouTube tutorials.

Challenges I ran into

I ran into a few problems importing necessary packages, but through some hard work and thorough thinking, I was able to get the notification system to work!

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

I am proud that the notification system worked the way that I envisioned it to, and that I may be able to inform many people about the severity of the COVID-19 virus, by the creation of this project.

What I learned

I learned a new skill in sending notifications on your computer screen using python.

What's next for COVID-19 Notifier

My next step would be to make this an application that can be installed and used on mobile devices as well. This would allow my project to inform even more people.

Built With

• bs4
• plyer
• python
• urllib