What Country

This module get country information based on the query provided based on different available parameters such as the country name, iso code, tld, currency, phone, etc. The module supports querying the data in multiple languages.

The most basic use is:

> const {query} = require('what-country')
> query('ireland')
[ { iso: 'IE',
    iso3: 'IRL',
    iso_numeric: '372',
    name: 'Ireland',
    capital: 'Dublin',
    continent: 'EU',
    tld: '.ie',
    currencycode: 'EUR',
    currencyname: 'Euro',
    phone: '353' } ]
// or
> query('.ie')
[ { iso: 'IE',
    iso3: 'IRL',
    iso_numeric: '372',
    name: 'Ireland',
    capital: 'Dublin',
    continent: 'EU',
    tld: '.ie',
    currencycode: 'EUR',
    currencyname: 'Euro',
    phone: '353' } ]

Install

You can install with [npm]:

$ npm install --save what-country

Usage

The module provides a query function to get the country information by name, iso code, iso3 code or tld. You can also specific get data by currency using queryCurrency or by phone using queryPhone.

You can specify the field / fields to get in the reply with an optional second argument:

> queryCurrency('EUR', 'name')
[ { name: 'Andorra' },
  { name: 'Austria' },
  { name: 'Aland Islands' },
  { name: 'Belgium' },
  { name: 'Saint Barthelemy' },
  { name: 'Cyprus' },
  { name: 'Germany' },
  { name: 'Estonia' },
  { name: 'Spain' },
  { name: 'Finland' },
  { name: 'France' },
  { name: 'French Guiana' },
  { name: 'Guadeloupe' },
  { name: 'Greece' },
  { name: 'Ireland' },
  { name: 'Italy' },
  { name: 'Kosovo' },
  { name: 'Lithuania' },
  { name: 'Luxembourg' },
  { name: 'Latvia' },
  { name: 'Monaco' },
  { name: 'Montenegro' },
  { name: 'Saint Martin' },
  { name: 'Martinique' },
  { name: 'Malta' },
  { name: 'Netherlands' },
  { name: 'Saint Pierre and Miquelon' },
  { name: 'Portugal' },
  { name: 'Reunion' },
  { name: 'Slovenia' },
  { name: 'Slovakia' },
  { name: 'San Marino' },
  { name: 'French Southern Territories' },
  { name: 'Vatican' },
  { name: 'Mayotte' } ]

You can even get results querying the country using another language:

> const {query} = require('what-country')
// In German
> query('irland')
[ { iso: 'IE',
    iso3: 'IRL',
    iso_numeric: '372',
    name: 'Ireland',
    capital: 'Dublin',
    continent: 'EU',
    tld: '.ie',
    currencycode: 'EUR',
    currencyname: 'Euro',
    phone: '353' } ]

// or in French

// In German
> query('irlande')
[ { iso: 'IE',
    iso3: 'IRL',
    iso_numeric: '372',
    name: 'Ireland',
    capital: 'Dublin',
    continent: 'EU',
    tld: '.ie',
    currencycode: 'EUR',
    currencyname: 'Euro',
    phone: '353' } ]

// Or even Japan in Japanese!!!
> f.query('日本')
[ { iso: 'JP',
    iso3: 'JPN',
    iso_numeric: '392',
    name: 'Japan',
    capital: 'Tokyo',
    continent: 'AS',
    tld: '.jp',
    currencycode: 'JPY',
    currencyname: 'Yen',
    phone: '81' } ]

License

Copyright © 2019, Juan Convers. Released under the MIT License.