Notification Popup Demo Script

covid-19.py

from datetime import datetime
import requests
import gi
from gi.repository import Gio

covid_data = None

def getTotalCount():
    global covid_data
    response = requests.get("https://corona.lmao.ninja/v2/all", timeout=10)
    response.encoding = 'utf-8'
    covid_data = response.json()

def sendNotification():
    Notification = Gio.Notification.new("COVID-19 Update")
    Notification.set_body(f"Updates as of {datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d')}\nTotal Cases: {covid_data['cases']}\nRecovered: {covid_data['recovered']}\nDeaths: {covid_data['deaths']}")

    Icon = Gio.ThemedIcon.new("dialog-information")

    Notification.set_icon(Icon)

    Application.send_notification(None, Notification)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    getTotalCount()
    
    Application = Gio.Application.new("covid.update", Gio.ApplicationFlags.FLAGS_NONE)
    Application.register()

    sendNotification()