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CountryCode List and Search Web Service API
API
URL | description | status | notes |
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ws/ref/country/list | Return entire list of country names and codes | deployed |
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ws/ref/country/find?match=<string to match> | Return list of country names and their codes that match | deployed | What wildcards be used in the match string? No wildcard yet implemented. |
parameter | required | default | value options | description | status |
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match | yes, for /find | n/a |
| String to match against "country" names. What kind of wildcards can be used? | deployed. No wildcard yet implemented. |
locale | no | en_US | Java standard locale codes | locale in which to perform matching, and in which to provide names in response (when possible) | not coded |
format | no | csv |
| format to use for response | deployed |
Test URLS
Development URL | Deployed URL | Expected Response | Notes |
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entire list in CSV format | Generates 404 | ||
entire list in CSV format | "csv" is the default format. | ||
entire list in XML format |
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entire list in CSV format |
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entire list in CSV format | Bad format value is ignored and defaulted to csv. | ||
entire list in CSV format | "XML" is not a valid format option. Only "xml" and "csv" are valid options. | ||
list of countries in CSV format |
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http://localhost/ws/ref/country/find?match=united&format=xml | http://ebird.org/ws1.0/ref/country/find?match=united&format=xml | XML list of countries |
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list of countries in CSV format | There should be no difference in response for upper/lower case search strings. | ||
entire list in CSV format | Bad format value is ignored and defaulted to csv. | ||
empty list in CSV format |
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CSV Result Format
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<country code>, <name associated with country code> |
XML Result Format
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<response>
<header>
<locale country="US" language="en"/>
<timestamp>2008-02-21T12:37:32.546-05:00</timestamp>
<criteria>
<property name="match" value="something"/>
</criteria>
<comment>
</comment>
</header>
<result>
<location countryCode="" >name of the country </location>
<location countryCode="" >name of the country </location>
<location countryCode="" >name of the country </location>
</response>
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