Get a list of Countries

GET https://api.countrystatecity.in/v1/countries

Security

This api use API KEY as an authentication method.

• Name: X-CSCAPI-KEY
• In: header

Request Parameters

No parameters

Response

Code	Description
200	Return a list of countries
401	Unauthorized.

Example Usage

Javascript

countries-states-cities.js

var headers = new Headers();
headers.append("X-CSCAPI-KEY", "API_KEY");

var requestOptions = {
   method: 'GET',
   headers: headers,
   redirect: 'follow'
};

fetch("https://api.countrystatecity.in/v1/countries", requestOptions)
.then(response => response.text())
.then(result => console.log(result))
.catch(error => console.log('error', error));

PHP

countries-states-cities.php

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
  CURLOPT_URL => 'https://api.countrystatecity.in/v1/countries',
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array(
    'X-CSCAPI-KEY: API_KEY'
  ),
));

$response = curl_exec($curl);

curl_close($curl);
echo $response;

Python

countries-states-cities.py

import requests

url = "https://api.countrystatecity.in/v1/countries"

headers = {
  'X-CSCAPI-KEY': 'API_KEY'
}

response = requests.request("GET", url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

Axios

countries-states-cities.js

var axios = require('axios');

var config = {
  method: 'get',
  url: 'https://api.countrystatecity.in/v1/countries',
  headers: {
    'X-CSCAPI-KEY': 'API_KEY'
  }
};

axios(config)
.then(function (response) {
  console.log(JSON.stringify(response.data));
})
.catch(function (error) {
  console.log(error);
});

Dart

countries-states-cities.dart

var headers = {
  'X-CSCAPI-KEY': 'API_KEY'
};

var request = http.Request('GET', Uri.parse('https://api.countrystatecity.in/v1/countries'));

request.headers.addAll(headers);

http.StreamedResponse response = await request.send();

if (response.statusCode == 200) {
  print(await response.stream.bytesToString());
} else {
  print(response.reasonPhrase);
}

jQuery

countries-states-cities.js

var settings = {
  "url": "https://api.countrystatecity.in/v1/countries",
  "method": "GET",
  "headers": {
    "X-CSCAPI-KEY": "API_KEY"
  },
};

$.ajax(settings).done(function (response) {
  console.log(response);
});

Go

countries-states-cities.go

url:="https://api.countrystatecity.in/v1/countries"

client := &http.Client{}
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("X-CSCAPI-KEY", "API_KEY")
res, _ := client.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()

bytes ,err := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
if err != nil {
  fmt.Println(err.Error())
}
fmt.Println(string(bytes))

Ruby

countries-states-cities.ruby

require 'net/http'
require 'json'

uri = URI('https://api.countrystatecity.in/v1/countries')
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
request['X-CSCAPI-KEY'] = 'API_KEY'

response = http.request(request)
countries = JSON.parse(response.body)
p countries

C#

countries-states-cities.cs

using System;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

class Program
{
    static async Task Main(string[] args)
    {
        var client = new HttpClient();
        var request = new HttpRequestMessage
        {
            Method = HttpMethod.Get,
            RequestUri = new Uri("https://api.countrystatecity.in/v1/countries"),
            Headers =
            {
                { "X-CSCAPI-KEY", "API_KEY" },
            },
        };
        using (var response = await client.SendAsync(request))
        {
            response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
            var body = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
            Console.WriteLine(body);
        }
    }
}

Java

countries-states-cities.java

import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        HttpClient client = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
            .uri(URI.create("https://api.countrystatecity.in/v1/countries"))
            .header("X-CSCAPI-KEY", "API_KEY")
            .build();

        HttpResponse<String> response = client.send(request,
            HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
        System.out.println(response.body());
    }
}

Swift

countries-states-cities.swift

import Foundation

let headers = [
  "X-CSCAPI-KEY": "API_KEY"
]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.countrystatecity.in/v1/countries")! as URL,
    cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "GET"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()

Example Success Response

[
  {
    "id": 101,
    "name": "India",
    "iso2": "IN",
    "iso3": "IND",
    "phonecode": "91",
    "capital": "New Delhi",
    "currency": "INR",
    "native": "भारत",
    "emoji": "🇮🇳"
  },
  ...
]

Example Error Response

{
  "error'": "Unauthorized. You shouldn't be here."
}