Implements the solution described in this issue https://github.com/publichealthengland/coronavirus-dashboard-api-python-sdk/issues/3

loading-ltla-covid-data.R

# This is based on https://github.com/publichealthengland/coronavirus-dashboard-api-python-sdk/issues/3

library("reticulate")
pybuiltins <- import_builtins()
cov19 <- import("uk_covid19")
api <- cov19$Cov19API(filters=list('areaType=ltla'),
                      structure = list("areaType"= "areaType",
                                       "areaName"= "areaName",
                                       "areaCode"= "areaCode",
                                       "specimenDate"= "date",
                                       "dailyLabConfirmedCases"= "newCasesBySpecimenDate",
                                       "totalLabConfirmedCases"= "cumCasesBySpecimenDate"))
csv_from_api <- api$get_csv()
data <- read.csv(text=csv_from_api)