Country City API

Geodata API to get the list of countries and cities in the world. This can be plugged in country and city picker drop-downs in forms. You can find a select2 implementation here. Code for this implementation is in example directory.

:zap: Installing the CountryCity API

• Make sure you have PHP 7.4 or newer.

$ php -v

• Download this API using composer using the command below.

$ composer global require shivammathur/countrycity "master-dev"

• Then install the API by executing the command below.

$ composer create-project shivammathur/countrycity countrycity "master-dev" --prefer-dist

• You are all set, you can use this API.

:hash: API Endpoints

All API responses are in json format.

• Get all countries

/countries

# Without URL Rewriting
/index.php/countries

• Get all countries containing a search keyword

/countries/{search_keyword}

# Without URL Rewriting
/index.php/countries/{search_keyword}

• Get all cities in a country

/cities/{country}

# Without URL Rewriting
/index.php/cities/{country}

• Get all cities in a country containing a search keyword

/cities/{country}/{search_keyword}

# Without URL Rewriting
/index.php/cities/{country}/{search_keyword}

:sparkles: Rest API Features

• Built using Slim micro framework.
• Caching enabled with following headers
  • ETag
  • Expires
  • Last-Modified
• Fast and lightweight API
• PSR 7 Complaint
• CORS Middleware

:cloud: Hosting configuration

Here are the Configuration Instructions if you want to host this on your server.

:wrench: Error Format

If there is an error in the API, you will get an error in json format as response

{"error":"true", "message": "error message here"}

:rotating_light: Testing

$ vendor/bin/phpunit --configuration phpunit.xml.dist

:scroll: License

The scripts and documentation in this project are released under the MIT License. This project has multiple dependencies and their licenses can be found in their respective repositories.

:+1: Contributions

Contributions are welcome! See Contributor's Guide.

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• Please star the project and share it with the community.
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