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REST Countries Scraper

Scrape REST Countries, the free public API for country metadata. Get name, capital, population, area, currencies, languages, borders, region/subregion, flags, timezones, calling codes, and more for all 250 ISO countries. HTTP-only, no auth, no proxy.

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Scrape REST Countries — the free public API for country metadata. All 250 ISO countries, with name (common + official + native), capital, population, area, currencies, languages, borders, region/subregion, flags (emoji + PNG + SVG), timezones, calling codes, TLDs, lat/lng, and more. HTTP-only via the public restcountries.com/v3.1 API. No auth, no proxy.

What this actor does

  • Seven modes: all, byNames, byAlphaCodes, byRegion, bySubregion, byCurrency, byLanguage
  • Filters: min population, min area (km²), UN members only, independent states only
  • Auto-resolves alpha-2 / alpha-3 / numeric codes
  • Empty fields are omitted

Output per country

  • Names: commonName, officialName, altSpellings[], demonym
  • ISO codes: cca2, cca3, ccn3, cioc, fifaCode
  • Status: independent, unMember, status, landlocked
  • Capital: capital[], capitalPrimary
  • Geography: region, subregion, continents[], borders[], latitude, longitude
  • Demographics: population, areaKm2
  • Symbols: flagEmoji (🇩🇪), flagPng, flagSvg, coatOfArmsPng, coatOfArmsSvg
  • Currency / language: currencies[] (code + name + symbol), currencyCodes[], languageCodes[], languageNames[]
  • Communications: timezones[], callingCodes[], tlds[]
  • Maps: googleMapsUrl, openStreetMapsUrl
  • recordType: "country", scrapedAt

Input

FieldTypeDefaultDescription
modestringallOne of seven modes
namesarray–Country names (mode=byNames)
alphaCodesarray–Alpha-2/3 codes (mode=byAlphaCodes)
regionstring–Continental region
subregionstring–Subregion (e.g. Western Europe)
currencystring–ISO 4217 (mode=byCurrency)
languagestring–Language name or ISO code
minPopulationint–Drop countries below this
minAreaint–Drop countries below this km²
unMembersOnlyboolfalse–
independentOnlyboolfalseExcludes territories
maxItemsint250Hard cap (1–500)

Example: all UN member states with population > 10M

{
"mode":"all",
"minPopulation":10000000,
"unMembersOnly":true
}

Example: lookup specific countries

{
"mode":"byAlphaCodes",
"alphaCodes":["DE","FR","ES","IT","GB","PT"]
}

Example: all Eurozone countries

{
"mode":"byCurrency",
"currency":"EUR"
}

Example: all Spanish-speaking countries

{
"mode":"byLanguage",
"language":"spanish"
}

Use cases

  • Geographic dropdowns — populate forms with all countries, sorted by region
  • Lookup tables — alpha-2 ↔ alpha-3 ↔ numeric ISO mappings
  • Phone-number formatting — callingCodes[] for international dialing
  • Flag UI — flagEmoji for inline display, flagSvg for high-DPI
  • Currency converter — group countries by currency for FX UIs
  • i18n — group countries by official language

FAQ

Is the REST Countries API free? Yes. Self-hosted, no auth, no rate limits beyond reasonable use.

What's the difference between cca2 / cca3 / ccn3 / cioc? ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 (DE), alpha-3 (DEU), numeric (276), and IOC (GER) codes respectively.

Why does mode=all require many requests of fields? REST Countries v3.1+ requires explicit fields= parameter for /all to keep payloads small. The actor sends a comprehensive list — every field documented above.

How many countries are there? 250 entries (includes territories, dependencies, Antarctic). For sovereign UN states only, set unMembersOnly: true (193 entries).

What's cioc? International Olympic Committee code. Only set for countries that compete in the Olympics.

Why is latitude / longitude sometimes missing? REST Countries returns latlng: ["bad", "data"] for a few entries. The actor handles this gracefully.

How fresh is the data? Updated periodically (manual edits by maintainers). For real-time political changes, supplement with a different source.

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