countries-meta 0.1.1

A Python module to access general countries information including name, origin name, dial code, currency, capital, timezone, and current time.

countries-meta

A Python module to access general countries information including name, origin name, dial code, currency, capital, timezone, and current time.

Installation

pip install countries-meta

Usage

from countries_meta import Countries

countries = Countries()

# Get country by code
us = countries.get_by_code('US')
us = countries.get('US')
us = countries['US']
print(us.name)  # United States

# Get country by name
germany = countries.get_by_name('Germany')
print(germany.capital)  # Berlin

# Get country by origin name
fr = countries.get_by_origin_name('République française')
print(fr.dial_code)  # +33

# Get country by dial code
canada = countries.get_by_dial_code('+1')
print(canada.name)  # Canada

# Filter countries by currency code
usd_countries = countries.filter_by_currency_code('USD')
print([c.name for c in usd_countries])

# Filter countries by region
european_countries = countries.filter_by_region('Europe')
print([c.name for c in european_countries])

# Access timezone info and current time
print(us.timezone)  # America/Washington
print(us.now)       # Current local time
print(us.time_offset)  # Offset in hours from UTC

# Convert to dict or JSON
print(us.to_dict())
print(us.to_json())

Classes

Country

• Attributes: code, name, origin_name, dial_code, currency_code, currency_symbol, capital, timezone

• Properties:

  • tzinfo: ZoneInfo object for the timezone
  • now: current datetime in the country's timezone
  • time_offset: UTC offset in hours

• Methods:

  • to_dict(*keys): return dict representation
  • to_json(*keys): return JSON string

Countries

• Iterable container of all countries

• Methods to access countries:

  • get_by_code(code)
  • get_by_name(name)
  • get_by_origin_name(name)
  • get_by_dial_code(dial_code)
  • get_by_currency_code(currency_code)
  • filter_by_currency_code(currency_code)
  • filter_by_region(region)

License

MIT