Country_Name

Full_Name

Currency

Language

Capital_City

Calliing_code

Region

Sub_Region

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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Countries_API

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 learn how to find the capital city and calling codes to make phone calls. You will also learn to filter the response to an API call to extract the most relevant information. Finally, you will cover the integration of the REST Countries API into a demo application.

By the end of this course, you will have sufficient skills to integrate the REST Countries API into your application.

Get Started with the REST Countries API in JavaScript

The REST Countries API benefits many software applications that rely on a country’s information or metadata. Most product registration forms need clients to submit their country name, country code, and other essential information. Furthermore, specific shipping-related softwares require country codes to speed up the shipments. It’s helpful if these softwares can rapidly retrieve the necessary data. Another use case is for travel companies that inform travel planners about the demography, currency, or time zone of a country to help them plan their trip.

## What is an API?
An **API** is a software gateway that allows different software components to communicate with each other. It helps expose the capabilities of an application to the outer world, allowing for programmatic access to the application’s data.

Consider the case of a service that provides information about countries. Building and exposing an API for this service will allow others to programmatically fetch the data this service offers, such as names, demographics, languages, and currencies of different countries.

Many popular services like YouTube, Reddit, and Google Maps also provide APIs for extended use cases. These services allow authorized clients to access the resources provided by them.

## Prerequisites 
In this course, we’ll explore different endpoints of the REST Countries API. We’ll make calls to the endpoints using HTTP requests and the JavaScript programming language. The requirements to take this course are as follows:
- A basic understanding of APIs
- A basic understanding of HTTP requests
- Fundamentals of Node.js and React







## Intended audience
This API course is helpful for the following audiences:
- Any individual who wants to learn how to create an application that requires information about different countries
- Professionals that have experience with APIs and want to utilize the services provided by the REST Countries API
- Students who want to learn about interesting APIs

# What is an API?
An **API** is a software gateway that allows different software components to communicate with each other. It helps expose the capabilities of an application to the outer world, allowing for programmatic access to the application’s data.

# Prerequisites 
In this course, we’ll explore different endpoints of the REST Countries API. We’ll make calls to the endpoints using HTTP requests and the JavaScript programming language. The requirements to take this course are as follows:
- A basic understanding of APIs
- A basic understanding of HTTP requests
- Fundamentals of Node.js and React







# Intended audience
This API course is helpful for the following audiences:
- Any individual who wants to learn how to create an application that requires information about different countries
- Professionals that have experience with APIs and want to utilize the services provided by the REST Countries API
- Students who want to learn about interesting APIs

Get an overview of the course and its intended audience, prerequisites, and learning objectives.

Introduction

Search Functionalities

Filter Response

Country API Integration with React

Conclusion

Introduction to the Course

What is an API?

Prerequisites

Intended audience