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world-countries-capitals

A simple NPM package to get capitals, currency, native language etc. of all the countries in the world

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Installation

This is a Node.js module available through the npm registry.

Before using, download and install Node.js.

Installation is done using the npm install command:

$ npm i world-countries-capitals --save

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Importing

const wcc = require("world-countries-capitals");

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Usage

• getAllCountryDetails() This method returns an array of objects of all countries, each containing country, capital, currency, native_language and famous for.

    [
        {
            "country": "afghanistan",
            "capital": "kabul",
            "currency": "afghani",
            "native_language": ["dari persian", "pashto"],
            "famous_for": "rugs, taliban"
        },
        {
            "country": "albania",
            "capital": "tirane",
            "currency": "lek",
            "native_language": ["albanian"],
            "famous_for" : "mother teresa"
        },

        ...
    ]

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• getAllCountries() This method returns an array of names of all countries.

    [
        'afghanistan',
        'albania',
        'algeria',
        'andorra',
        'angola',
        'antigua & Barbuda',
        'argentina',
        'armenia',
        'australia',
        'austria',
        'azerbaijan',
        ...
    ]

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• getCountiesByLanguage(languageSpoken) This method returns an array of objects, each containing country, capital, currency, native_language and famous_for sorted by the languageSpoken.

Response for languageSpoken = 'Hindi'

[
	{
    {
        country: "fiji",
        capital: "suva",
        currency: "fijian dollar",
        native_language: ["english", "bau fijian", "hindi"],
        famous_for: "friendly people and heavenly tropical islands"
    },
    {
        country: "india",
        capital: "new delhi",
        currency: "indian rupee",
        native_language: ["hindi", "english"],
        famous_for: "bollywood, yoga, hinduism, food and diversity"
    }
];

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• getCountryDetailsByName(countryName) This method returns an array of objects, each containing country, capital, currency, native_language and famous_for sorted by the name of the country .

Response for countryName = 'india'

[
    {
        country: "india",
        capital: "new delhi",
        currency: "indian rupee",
        native_language: ["hindi", "english"],
        famous_for: "bollywood, yoga, hinduism, food and diversity"
    }
];

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• getCountryDetailsByCapital(capital) This method returns an array of objects, each containing country, capital, currency and native_language sorted by the capital .

Response for capital = 'delhi'

[
    {
        country: "india",
        capital: "new delhi",
        currency: "indian rupee",
        native_language: ["hindi", "english"],
        famous_for: "bollywood, yoga, hinduism, food and diversity"
    }
];

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• getRandomCountry() This method returns a random country everytime.

» node app.js
tuvalu

» node app.js
bhutan

» node app.js
saudi arabia

where app.js is the file containing the function call.

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• getNRandomCountriesData(n) This method returns an array having n random country objects, each object containing country, capital, currency and native_language.

Response for n = 3

[
    {
        country: "burundi",
        capital: "bujumbura",
        currency: "burundi franc",
        native_language: ["kirundi", "french"],
        famous_for: "wildlife and greenery"
    },
    {
        country: "palau",
        capital: "melekeok",
        currency: "united states dollar",
        native_language: ["english", "palauan"],
        famous_for: "jellyfish lake",
    },
    {
        country: "dominican republic",
        capital: "santo domingo",
        currency: "dominican peso",
        native_language: ["spanish"],
        famous_for: "blue ocean water, white-sand beaches and beautiful resorts"
    }
];

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Examples

#1

const wcc = require("world-countries-capitals");

console.log(wcc.getRandomCountry());

#2

const wcc = require("world-countries-capitals");

console.log(wcc.getNRandomCountriesData(3));

#3

const wcc = require("world-countries-capitals");

console.log(wcc.getCountryDetailsByCapital("delhi"));

in this example the parameter (capital), which has to be a string can be a written in uppercase/lowercase etc. the response will be the same.

#4

const wcc = require("world-countries-capitals");

console.log(wcc.getCountryDetailsByName("India"));

in this example the parameter (countryName), which has to be a string can be a written in uppercase/lowercase etc. the response will be the same.

#5

const wcc = require("world-countries-capitals");

console.log(wcc.getCountiesByLanguage("hindi"));

in this example the parameter (languageSpoken), which has to be a string can be a written in uppercase/lowercase etc. the response will be the same.

#6

const wcc = require("world-countries-capitals");

console.log(wcc.getAllCountryDetails());

#7

const wcc = require("world-countries-capitals");

console.log(wcc.getAllCountries());

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