World covid19 stats (#2271)

* Josephus problem in Python

Added the code for the josephus problem in python using circular linked lists.

* Update josephus_problem.py

* Added World covid19 stats in web programming

* Delete josephus_problem.py

* Type hints, algorithmic functions should not print

Return a dict of world covid19 stats.  Move all printing into the main functions.

* Update world_covid19_stats.py

* Update world_covid19_stats.py

Co-authored-by: Christian Clauss <[email protected]>

Author: rayvantsahni

Diff for: web_programming/world_covid19_stats.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+'''
+Provide the current worldwide COVID-19 statistics.
+This data is being scrapped from 'https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/'.
+'''
+
+import requests
+from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
+
+
+def world_covid19_stats(url: str = "https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus") -> dict:
+    """
+    Return a dict of current worldwide COVID-19 statistics
+    """
+    soup = BeautifulSoup(requests.get(url).text, 'html.parser')
+    keys = soup.findAll('h1')
+    values = soup.findAll("div", {"class": "maincounter-number"})
+    keys += soup.findAll("span", {"class": "panel-title"})
+    values += soup.findAll("div", {"class": "number-table-main"})
+    return {key.text.strip(): value.text.strip() for key, value in zip(keys, values)}
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    print("\033[1m" + "COVID-19 Status of the World" + "\033[0m\n")
+    for key, value in world_covid19_stats().items():
+        print(f"{key}\n{value}\n")