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Country Codes and Flags ⛳️

Features

This package provides utilities for

  • retrieving a country's flag emoji, ISO alpha2, and ISO alpha3 codes given the country's name
  • reverse lookups to go from ISO codes or a flag emoji back to a country's name
  • retrieving a full dataset object that maps country names to their flags and iso codes

You can also find the full set of country data here

Installation

npm install country-codes-and-flags

Usage

Available Methods

Function Input Type Input Output
getFlagByCountry string Country name Flag emoji string or null
getFlagByAlpha2 string Two-letter country code Flag emoji string or null
getFlagByAlpha3 string Three-letter country code Flag emoji string or null
getAlpha2ByCountry string Country name Two-letter country code string or null
getAlpha3ByCountry string Country name Three-letter country code string or null
getCountryFromFlag string Flag emoji Country name string or null
getCountryByAlpha2 string Two-letter country code Country name string or null
getCountryByAlpha3 string Three-letter country code Country name string or null
getAllByCountry string Country name CountryMetadata object or null
getAll N/A none Returns the full dataset ({ [COUNTRY_NAME: { flag: string; alpha2: string; alpha3: string}})

Examples

import {getAllByCountry, getFlagByCountry, getCountryFromFlag} from "country-codes-and-flags";

// Get All Metadata
const greeceData = getAllByCountry("Greece");
console.log(greeceData)
// Output:
// {
//   'flag': '🇬🇷',
//   'alpha2': 'GR',
//   'alpha3: 'GRC',
// }

// Get Flag
const greeceFlag = getFlagByCountry("Greece");
console.log(greeceFlag)
// Output:
// '🇬🇷'

// Get Country
const greeceName = getCountryFromFlag("🇬🇷");
console.log(greeceName)
// Output:
// 'Greece'

Handling Invalid Inputs

Invalid inputs or non-matching country names will result in null being returned. Planning to implement more descriptive error handling in future versions

Building the Library

You can clone this repo and build it locally with the following command:

npm run build

This will generate builds in the dist directory.

Contributing

Any contributions or suggestions for improvements are welcome! Please open an issue or submit a pull request.

Contact

For comments or questions email kathleen.garrity223@gmail.com

License

MIT

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npm i country-codes-and-flags

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