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Get Started with the REST Countries API in JavaScript

Gain insights into using the REST Countries API in JavaScript. Learn about searching, filtering, retrieving country data, and integrating the API into your applications efficiently.

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Gain insights into using the REST Countries API in JavaScript. Learn about searching, filtering, retrieving country data, and integrating the API into your applications efficiently.

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Course Overview

The REST Countries API provides a vast database of countries’ metadata, including region, language, currency, calling code, and capital city. You can take full advantage of this API by utilizing it to feed online platforms that require essential country-related information. You will start with an introduction to the REST Countries API. You will learn to search a country by its partial and full name. Next, you will learn to list countries that use the same currency or speak the same language. You will then ...Show More

The REST Countries API provides a vast database of countries’ metadata, including region, language, currency, calling code, and ...Show More

What You'll Learn

The ability to fetch a country’s information using the REST Countries API

The ability to search a country’s information using either its partial or full name

The ability to list all countries that use a specific currency or speak the same language

The ability to look for a country by its capital city or calling code

Working knowledge of filtering the API’s response

Hands-on experience with integrating the REST Countries API into a React application

The ability to fetch a country’s information using the REST Countries API

Course Content

Introduction

2 Lessons

Get familiar with the REST Countries API to enhance applications needing country-related information.

Introduction to the Course

An Overview of the REST Countries API

Search Functionalities

4 Lessons

Walk through searching countries by name, currency, language, capital, calling code, and region.

Search by Name

Search by Currency and Language

Search by Capital City and Calling Code

Search by Region and Subregion

Filter Response

1 Lessons

Go hands-on with filtering API response fields to streamline data processing efficiently.

Filter Response

Country API Integration with React

1 Lessons

Grasp the fundamentals of integrating the REST Countries API with React for dynamic data display.

Demo Application

Conclusion

1 Lessons

Explore further the REST Countries API features, updates, and community engagement.

Wrap Up!

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