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# Countries GraphQL API

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A public GraphQL API for information about countries, continents, and languages. This project uses [Countries List](https://annexare.github.io/Countries/) as a data source, so the schema follows the shape of that data, with a few exceptions:

1. The codes used to key the objects in the original data are available as a `code` property on each item returned from the API.
2. The `continent` and `languages` properties are now objects and arrays of objects, respectively.

## Writing queries

```graphql
{
  country(code: "BR") {
    name
    native
    emoji
    currency
    languages {
      code
      name
    }
  }
}
```

The above GraphQL query will produce the following JSON response:

```json
{
  "data": {
    "country": {
      "name": "Brazil",
      "native": "Brasil",
      "emoji": "🇧🇷",
      "currency": "BRL",
      "languages": [
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "name": "Portuguese"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

Check out [the playground](https://countries.trevorblades.com) to explore the schema and test out some queries.

## Examples

- [React](./examples/react)
- [React Native](https://github.com/muhzi4u/country-directory-app)
- [ReasonML](https://medium.com/@idkjs/reasonml-and-graphql-without-graphql-part-1-192c2e9e349c)
- [Country quiz app](https://github.com/byrichardpowell/Country-Quiz) (React, TypeScript)

## License

[MIT](./LICENSE)