Coronavirus API

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Overview

This Coronavirus API provides the latest global Covid-19 case counts, deaths, and recoveries aggregated from public health sources. It requires no authentication and is free to access, making it easy for beginners to get started. You can use it to build dashboards, data visualizations, or practice working with real-world health statistics.

Beginner Tip

Note that this is a community-maintained API and the underlying Pipedream source may change — always verify data accuracy against official sources like WHO or CDC before using it in production applications.

Available Data

The kind of data this API exposes, based on its documentation. We could not call the endpoint to confirm the exact field names.

case counts and statistics

vaccination data

geographic breakdown

historical trend data

Example Response

Illustrative shape only — we were not able to call this endpoint (it requires credentials or exposes no public sample URL), so the fields below show the kind of data this API returns rather than a recorded response.

JSON Response · Illustrative

{
  "url": "https://example.com",
  "safe": true,
  "threat_level": "none",
  "categories": [
    "clean"
  ],
  "scan_date": "2025-01-15T10:00:00Z"
}

Field Reference

cases Total confirmed Covid-19 cases globally or for the queried country.

deaths Total number of deaths attributed to Covid-19.

recovered Total number of confirmed recoveries from Covid-19.

active Currently active cases (cases minus deaths and recoveries).

updated Unix timestamp (milliseconds) of when the data was last updated.

Implementation Example

Calls a real endpoint of this API. Replace any placeholder credentials with your own key.

Request

const url = "https://corona.lmao.ninja/v2/all";
const response = await fetch(url);
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

What Can You Build?

Note: These code examples are AI-generated and unverified. Always refer to the official API documentation for accurate usage.

Common Errors & Troubleshooting

Generated guidance based on this API's documentation, not observed by us. Treat it as a starting point and check against the provider's own error reference.

Connection refused or 404 error The endpoint URL may have changed since this community-maintained API is not guaranteed to be stable.

✓ Check the Pipedream readme page for the latest active endpoint URL, or consider switching to a more stable alternative like disease.sh.

Stale or outdated data Community APIs may not update data in real-time and could lag behind official sources.

✓ Cross-reference data with official WHO or national health authority APIs for time-sensitive applications.

CORS error in browser Browser-based requests may be blocked by cross-origin restrictions.

✓ Make requests server-side from Node.js or use a CORS proxy for browser-based applications.

Metadata Score Breakdown

Estimated from metadata — endpoint not independently tested

This score is estimated from observable metadata — HTTPS support, authentication model, declared CORS, and documentation reachability — because the API requires authentication or exposes no publicly testable endpoint. The five-signal breakdown is only shown for live-tested APIs.

Metadata estimate · endpoint not independently tested

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