country-codes-list

country-codes-list

Module with list of codes per country, which includes:

• Country code (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2): Obtained from Wikipedia
• Country Name: Each name in english and in the local country language
• Currency Code (ISO 4217): Obtained from Wikipedia
• Currency Name (ISO 4217): Obtained from Wikipedia
• TIN Code (Taxpayer Identification Number, also known as VAT in some countries): Obtained from Wikipedia
• TIN Name: Obtained from Wikipedia
• Official language code (usually from ISO 639-1, or ISO 639-3 otherwise)): Obtained from Open Street Map. Returns only the first official language code per country
• Official language name: Each name in english and in the local country language
• Country Calling Code: The phone calling code for the country. Obtained from Wikipedia.
• Region: The Regional Classifications are from the International Telecommunications Union. Seen here

Installation

Install the NPM module

    npm install --save country-codes-list

Usage

customList method:

Just import the module and call the customList method. The first parameter must be the key you want for your object, and the second parameter must be a string with placeholders written as you need. The placeholders are defined between brackets ({placeholder}).

The possible values for the object key and the placeholders are:

• countryNameEn
• countryNameLocal
• countryCode
• currencyCode
• currencyNameEn
• tinType
• tinName
• officialLanguageCode
• officialLanguageNameEn
• officialLanguageNameLocal
• countryCallingCode
• region
• globalSouth

Example

const countryCodes = require('country-codes-list')

const myCountryCodesObject = countryCodes.customList('countryCode', '[{countryCode}] {countryNameEn}: +{countryCallingCode}')

This will return an object like this one:

{
    'AD': '[AD] Andorra: +376',
    'AE': '[AE] United Arab Emirates: +971',
    'AF': '[AF] Afghanistan: +93',
    'AG': '[AG] Antigua and Barbuda: +1',
    'AI': '[AI] Anguilla: +1',
    'AL': '[AL] Albania: +355',
    'AM': '[AM] Armenia: +374',
    'AO': '[AO] Angola: +244',
    'AQ': '[AQ] Antarctica: +',
    'AR': '[AR] Argentina: +54',
    'AS': '[AS] American Samoa: +1',
    'AT': '[AT] Austria: +43',
    'AU': '[AU] Australia: +61',
    'AW': '[AW] Aruba: +297',
    ...
}