Endpoint

REST Countries

Flags, capitals, regions, currencies, languages, and more. Filter fields to shrink payloads.

Country metadata as JSON

GeographyNo API keyDefault GET

HTTP console

Example URL

https://restcountries.com/v3.1/name/canadaProvider documentation

Request

GET by name, code, region, or use /v3.1/all with optional field filters.

GET /v3.1/name/canada

Response

Array of country objects with name, cca2, capital[], region, flags, …

[
  {
    "name": { "common": "Canada", "official": "Canada" },
    "cca2": "CA",
    "capital": ["Ottawa"],
    "region": "Americas"
  }
]

Outbound requestProxy

Executes on the server with rate limits and host rules. Edit the URL and payload to match your scenario—responses show real upstream status and body (truncated if very large).

Upstream response

Ready. Click Send to execute the request. Status, latency, content type, and body appear here—formatted when the payload is JSON.