Client and bot functions had to be split into separate running files covid_bot.py and main.py, but initial promised functionality is implemented.

covidData.py

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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+
+class covidData():
+    def __init__(self, selection='', import_data=[]):
+        super().__init__()
+        if(selection and len(import_data) > 8):
+            self.set_data(selection, import_data)
+        else:
+            self.data = {
+                'Selection': '',
+                'Total Cases': '',
+                'New Cases': '',
+                'Total Deaths': '',
+                'New Deaths': '',
+                'Total Recovered': '',
+                'Active Cases': '',
+                'Serious/Critical': '',
+                'Total Cases/1M Population': ''
+            }
+
+    def set_data(self, selection, import_data):
+        self.data = {
+            'Selection': selection,
+            'Total Cases': import_data[1].strip(),
+            'New Cases': import_data[2].strip(),
+            'Total Deaths': import_data[3].strip(),
+            'New Deaths': import_data[4].strip(),
+            'Total Recovered': import_data[5].strip(),
+            'Active Cases': import_data[6].strip(),
+            'Serious/Critical': import_data[7].strip(),
+            'Total Cases/1M Population': import_data[8].strip()
+        }
+
+    def get_formatted_data(self):
+        output = ''
+        for key in self.data.keys():
+            output += f'{key}: {self.data[key]}\n'
+        return output

covid_bot.py

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+#!/bin/python
+
+import discord
+from discord.ext import commands
+from parse_data import update_data, get_covid_data, covid_db
+from re import match
+from datetime import datetime
+from asyncio import sleep
+
+
+class MyClient(discord.Client):
+    async def on_ready(self):
+        print('Logged on as', self.user)
+
+    async def on_message(self, message):
+        # don't respond to ourselves
+        if(message.author == self.user):
+            return
+
+        if(message.content == '!ping'):
+            await message.channel.send('pong')
+
+        report_match = match(r'(!report )([a-zA-Z\-\_\. ]+)', message.content)
+        if(report_match):
+            with open('.keys/report_channel_id') as cid:
+                channel = self.get_channel(int(cid.readline().strip()))
+            if(report_match.group(2).upper() == 'KEYS'):
+                await channel.send(covid_db.keys())
+            else:
+                await channel.send(get_covid_data(report_match.group(2).upper()))
+
+
+if(__name__ == '__main__'):
+    with open('.keys/bot_api.key') as key:
+        discord_api_key = key.readline().strip()
+    client = MyClient()
+    client.run(discord_api_key)

daily_report.py

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+#!/bin/python
+
+import discord
+from discord.ext import commands
+from parse_data import update_data, get_covid_data, covid_db
+from re import match
+from datetime import datetime
+from asyncio import sleep
+
+
+async def background_task(client):
+    await client.wait_until_ready()
+    with open('.keys/report_channel_id') as cid:
+        channel = client.get_channel(int(cid.readline().strip()))
+    while not client.is_closed():
+        current_hour_and_minute = [int(t) for t in str(
+            datetime.now().time()).split(':')[:-1]]
+        if(current_hour_and_minute[0] == 12 and (current_hour_and_minute[1] == 0)):
+            update_data()
+            await channel.send('Daily report from: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/')
+            await channel.send(get_covid_data('USA'))
+            await channel.send(get_covid_data('TOTAL'))
+        await sleep(60)
+
+
+if(__name__ == '__main__'):
+    with open('.keys/bot_api.key') as key:
+        discord_api_key = key.readline().strip()
+    client = discord.Client()
+    client.loop.create_task(background_task(client))
+    client.run(discord_api_key)

main.py

@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/python
-
-import discord
-from discord.ext import commands
-from parse_data import get_current_data
-
-
-class MyClient(discord.Client):
-    async def on_ready(self):
-        print('Logged on as', self.user)
-
-    async def on_message(self, message):
-        # don't respond to ourselves
-        if(message.author == self.user):
-            return
-
-        if(message.content == 'ping'):
-            await message.channel.send('pong')
-
-        if(message.content == 'report'):
-            with open('.keys/report_channel_id') as cid:
-                channel = self.get_channel(int(cid.readline().strip()))
-            await channel.send(get_current_data())
-
-
-if(__name__ == '__main__'):
-    with open('.keys/bot_api.key') as key:
-        client = MyClient()
-        client.run(key.readline().strip())

parse_data.py

@@ -2,30 +2,32 @@
 
 import requests
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
+from covidData import covidData
+
+# temporary database
+covid_db = {}
 
 
-def get_current_data():
+def update_data():
     data_html = requests.get('https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/')
     if(data_html.status_code == '200' or data_html.status_code == 200):
-        parsed_html = BeautifulSoup(data_html.text)
+        parsed_html = BeautifulSoup(data_html.text, features='html.parser')
         table = parsed_html.find('table', id='main_table_countries_today')
-        all_rows = table.findAll('tr')
+        for row in table.findAll('tr'):
-        for row in all_rows:
+            if(row and row.findAll('td')):
-            if(row and row.findAll('td') and row.find('a')):
+                if(row.find('a')):
-                all_cols = row.findAll('td')
+                    covid_db[row.find('a').text.upper()] = covidData(
-                if(row.find('a').text == 'USA'):
+                        row.find('a').text, [r.text for r in row.findAll('td')])
-                    return f'''
+                elif(row.findAll('td')[0] and row.findAll('td')[0].text):
-                    {row.find('a').text}
+                    covid_db[row.findAll('td')[0].text.replace(':', '').upper()] = covidData(
-                    Total Cases: {all_cols[1].text}
+                        row.findAll('td')[0].text.replace(':', ''), [r.text for r in row.findAll('td')])
-                    New Cases: {all_cols[2].text}
+
-                    Total Deaths: {all_cols[3].text}
+
-                    New Deaths: {all_cols[4].text}
+def get_covid_data(selection):
-                    Total Recovered: {all_cols[5].text}
+    if(not covid_db):
-                    Active Cases: {all_cols[6].text}
+        update_data()
-                    Serious/Critical: {all_cols[7].text}
+    return covid_db[selection].get_formatted_data()
-                    Total Cases/1M Population: {all_cols[8].text}
-                    '''
 
 
 if(__name__ == '__main__'):
-    print(get_current_data())
+    print(get_covid_data())