CountryCode List and Search Web Service API
URL |
description |
status |
notes |
|---|---|---|---|
ws/ref/country/list |
Return entire list of country names and codes |
coded, not deployed |
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ws/ref/country/find?match=<string to match> |
Return list of country names and their codes that match |
coded, not deployed |
What wildcards be used in the match string? No wildcard yet implemented. |
parameter |
required |
default |
value options |
description |
status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
match |
yes, for /find |
n/a |
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String to match against "country" names. What kind of wildcards can be used? |
coded, not 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 |
not coded |
Test URLS
Development URL |
Deployed URL |
Expected Response |
Notes |
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What do we want here? 404? Redirect to /ws/ref/country/list? |
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entire list in CSV format |
"csv" is the default format. |
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[http://localhost/ws/ref/][][country][/list?format=xml] |
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entire list in XML format |
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]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> |
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[http://localhost/ws/ref/][][country][/list?format=csv] |
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entire list in CSV format |
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]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> |
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[http://localhost/ws/ref/][][country][/list?format=QQQ] |
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entire list in CSV format |
Bad format value is ignored and defaulted to csv. |
]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> |
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[http://localhost/ws/ref/][][country][/list?format=XML] |
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entire list in CSV format |
"XML" is not a valid format option. Only "xml" and "csv" are valid options. |
]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> |
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[http://localhost/ws/ref/][][country][/find?match=united] |
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CSV list of 5 countries |
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]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> |
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[http://localhost/ws/ref/][][country][/find?match=united&format=xml] |
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XML list of 5 countries |
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]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> |
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[http://localhost/ws/ref/][][country][/find?match=UNITED] |
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CSV list of 5 countries |
There should be no difference in response for upper/lower case search strings. |
]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> |
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[http://localhost/ws/ref/][][country][/list?format=] |
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entire list in CSV format |
Bad format value is ignored and defaulted to csv. |
]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> |
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[http://localhost/ws/ref/][][country/][find?match=] |
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empty list in CSV format |
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]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> |
CSV Result Format
<country code>, <name associated with country code>
<country code>, <name associated with country code>
<country code>, <name associated with country code>
XML Result Format
<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>