Stringified JSON or XML

Set the as_string input argument to True for the .get_json() or .get_xml() methods if you wish to receive stringified JSON or XML entities:

from uk_covid19 import Cov19API


all_nations = [
    "areaType=nation"
]

cases_and_deaths = {
    "date": "date",
    "areaName": "areaName",
    "areaCode": "areaCode",
    "newCasesByPublishDate": "newCasesByPublishDate",
    "cumCasesByPublishDate": "cumCasesByPublishDate",
    "newDeathsByDeathDate": "newDeathsByDeathDate",
    "cumDeathsByDeathDate": "cumDeathsByDeathDate"
}

api = Cov19API(
    filters=all_nations,
    structure=cases_and_deaths,
    latest_by="newCasesByPublishDate"
)

json_data = api.get_json(as_string=True)
print("JSON:", json_data)

xml_data = api.get_xml(as_string=True)
print("XML:", xml_data)

JSON: {"data":[{"date":"2020-08-09","areaName":"England","areaCode":"E92000001","newCasesByPublishDate":988,"cumCasesByPublishDate":268312,"newDeathsByDeathDate":null,"cumDeathsByDeathDate":null},{"date":"2020-08-09","areaName":"Northern Ireland","areaCode":"N92000002","newCasesByPublishDate":0,"cumCasesByPublishDate":null,"newDeathsByDeathDate":null,"cumDeathsByDeathDate":null},{"date":"2020-08-09","areaName":"Scotland","areaCode":"S92000003","newCasesByPublishDate":48,"cumCasesByPublishDate":18998,"newDeathsByDeathDate":null,"cumDeathsByDeathDate":null},{"date":"2020-08-09","areaName":"Wales","areaCode":"W92000004","newCasesByPublishDate":26,"cumCasesByPublishDate":17451,"newDeathsByDeathDate":null,"cumDeathsByDeathDate":null}],"lastUpdate":"2020-08-09T17:56:52.000000Z","length":4,"totalPages":1}
XML: <document xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><data><date>2020-08-09</date><areaName>England</areaName><areaCode>E92000001</areaCode><newCasesByPublishDate>988</newCasesByPublishDate><cumCasesByPublishDate>268312</cumCasesByPublishDate><newDeathsByDeathDate xsi:nil="true" /><cumDeathsByDeathDate xsi:nil="true" /></data><data><date>2020-08-09</date><areaName>Northern Ireland</areaName><areaCode>N92000002</areaCode><newCasesByPublishDate>0</newCasesByPublishDate><cumCasesByPublishDate xsi:nil="true" /><newDeathsByDeathDate xsi:nil="true" /><cumDeathsByDeathDate xsi:nil="true" /></data><data><date>2020-08-09</date><areaName>Scotland</areaName><areaCode>S92000003</areaCode><newCasesByPublishDate>48</newCasesByPublishDate><cumCasesByPublishDate>18998</cumCasesByPublishDate><newDeathsByDeathDate xsi:nil="true" /><cumDeathsByDeathDate xsi:nil="true" /></data><data><date>2020-08-09</date><areaName>Wales</areaName><areaCode>W92000004</areaCode><newCasesByPublishDate>26</newCasesByPublishDate><cumCasesByPublishDate>17451</cumCasesByPublishDate><newDeathsByDeathDate xsi:nil="true" /><cumDeathsByDeathDate xsi:nil="true" /></data><lastUpdate>2020-08-09T17:56:52.000000Z</lastUpdate><length>4</length><totalPages>1</totalPages></document>