Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/ExpDev07/coronavirus-tracker-api

Author: gribok

README.md

@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ GET /v2/locations?country_code=US
 
 Include timelines.
 ```http
-GET /v2/locations?country_code=US&timelines=true
+GET /v2/locations?timelines=1
 ```
 
 ### Getting a specific location (includes timelines by default).
@@ -86,28 +86,32 @@ GET /v2/locations/:id
 ```json
 {
   "location": {
-      "id": 39,
-      "country": "Norway",
-      "country_code": "NO",
-      "province": "",
-      "coordinates": { },
-      "latest": { },
-      "timelines": {
-        "confirmed": {
-          "latest": 1463,
-          "timeline": {
-            "2020-03-16T00:00:00Z": 1333,
-            "2020-03-17T00:00:00Z": 1463
-          }
-        },
-        "deaths": { },
-        "recovered": { }
-      }
+    "id": 39,
+    "country": "Norway",
+    "country_code": "NO",
+    "province": "",
+    "coordinates": { },
+    "latest": { },
+    "timelines": {
+      "confirmed": {
+        "latest": 1463,
+        "timeline": {
+          "2020-03-16T00:00:00Z": 1333,
+          "2020-03-17T00:00:00Z": 1463
+        }
+      },
+      "deaths": { },
+      "recovered": { }
     }
   }
 }
 ```
 
+Exclude timelines.
+```http
+GET /v2/locations?timelines=0
+```
+
 ## Data
 
 The data comes from the [2019 Novel Coronavirus (nCoV) Data Repository, provided

app/routes/v2/locations.py

@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
+from distutils.util import strtobool
 from flask import jsonify, request, current_app as app
 from ...services import jhu
 from ...routes import rest_api_v2
 
 @rest_api_v2.route('/locations')
 def locations():
     # Query parameters.
-    timelines    = request.args.get('timelines', type=bool, default=False)
+    timelines    = strtobool(request.args.get('timelines', default='0'))
     country_code = request.args.get('country_code', type=str)
 
     # Retrieve all the locations.
@@ -24,7 +25,10 @@ def locations():
 
 @rest_api_v2.route('/locations/<int:id>')
 def location(id):
-    # Serialize the location with timelines.
+    # Query parameters.
+    timelines = strtobool(request.args.get('timelines', default='1'))
+
+    # Return serialized location.
     return jsonify({
-        'location': jhu.get(id).serialize(True)
+        'location': jhu.get(id).serialize(timelines)
     })