A Python package for the National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP) and its Community of Practice. A collection of classes and methods to advance the practice of Syndromic Surveillance. This python package serves as a Python alternative to the Rnssp R package.
To install pynssp, run this command in your terminal:
pip install pynsspThis is the preferred method to install pynssp, as it will always install the most recent stable release.
You can install the development version of pynssp from Github:
pip install git+https://github.com/CDCgov/pynssp.gitfrom pynssp import *
from datetime import date, timedelta
import pandas as pd
## Creating a user profile (token)
myProfile = create_token_profile()
## Creating a user profile (username and password)
myProfile = create_profile()
## JSON URL from NSSP-ESSENCE API
url = "https://essence.syndromicsurveillance.org/nssp_essence/api/alerts/regionSyndromeAlerts?end_date=31Jan2021&start_date=29Jan2021"
## Update Start and End dates in NSSP-ESSENCE API URL
startDate = date.today() - timedelta(days=30)
endDate = date.today()
url = change_dates(url, start_date = startDate, end_date = endDate)
## Pull Time Series Data from NSSP-ESSENCE
api_data = get_api_data(url, profile=myProfile)
## Inspect data object structure
api_data.columns
## Extract table of interest
api_data = pd.json_normalize(api_data["regionSyndromeAlerts"][0])
## Get a glimpse of the pulled dataset
api_data.head()Should you want to contribute to this project, submit a push request to this Github repository and consider submitting a request to be added as a developer to [email protected].
If you encounter a clear bug, please consider emailing the author at [email protected] and/or file an issue with a minimal reproducible example.
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