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Covid Tracking Project vs Open Disease

If you need a Health API that's easy to integrate, go with Open Disease.

Covid Tracking Project

Covid-19 data for the US

Open Disease

API for Current cases and more stuff about COVID-19 and Influenza

Covid Tracking Project

  • No authentication required
  • HTTPS supported
  • No CORS support

Open Disease

  • No authentication required
  • HTTPS supported
  • CORS enabled for frontend use
FeatureCovid Tracking ProjectOpen Disease
AuthenticationNoneNone
HTTPSYesYes
CORSNoYes

When to use which?

Open Disease works directly from the browser with CORS enabled, making it better for frontend-only apps.