World Countries API
Introduction
This package has api pointing to http://api.countrylayer.com. Fetches and stores all the countries in your local database.
Installing
The recommended way to install world-countries-api is through. Composer.
# Install package via composer
composer require techguy/world-countries-apiNext, run the Composer command to install the latest stable version of techguy/world-countries-api:
# Update package via composer
composer update techguy/world-countries-api --lockAfter installing, the package will be auto discovered, But if need you may run:
# run for auto discovery <-- If the package is not detected automatically -->
composer dump-autoloadThen run this, to get the for your own configurations:
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="World\Countries\WorldCountriesServiceProvider"You will have to add this in the database/seeds/DatabaseSeeder. Before using the package model seed data for the countries:
Set your ACCESS_KEY in the .env file.
COUNTRY_ACCESS_KEY=
/**
* Seed the application's database.
*
* @return void
*/
public function run()
{
// other seeds...
$this->call(\World\Countries\Seeds\WorldCountriesTableSeeder::class);
}
/**
* -------------------------------------
* This is the sample data on how the
* country data is stored in an object
* -------------------------------------
*/
{
"id": "6ad0db80-c93b-11ea-9af5-bd4193f081f6",
"name": "Kenya",
"slug": "kenya",
"data": {
"flag": "https://restcountries.eu/data/ken.svg",
"name": "Kenya",
"capital": "Nairobi",
"short2Code": "KE",
"short3Code": "KEN",
"callingCode": "254",
"currencyCode": "KES",
"currencyName": "Kenyan shilling"
},
"deleted_at": null,
"created_at": "2020-07-18T21:12:42.000000Z",
"updated_at": "2020-07-18T21:12:42.000000Z"
}Usage
Follow the steps below on how to use the world-countries-api:
Version Guidance
| Version | Status | Packagist | Namespace | Repo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.x | Latest | techguy/world-countries-api |
World\Countries |
v1.1.7 |
Security Vulnerabilities
For any security vulnerabilities, please email to Bugs Support.
License
This package is open-source, licensed under the MIT license.
