REST Countries

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Not a mockup — this is what REST Countries actually returned when we verified it on 23 Oct 2026 (in 2268 ms).

{
  "success": false,
  "data": null,
  "errors": [
    {
      "message": "This API version has been deprecated. Please visit https://restcountries.com/docs/countries/legacy-api-deprecation to migrate to our new version (v5)."
    }
  ]
}

💻 Copy-paste code

Three ways to call REST Countries — pick your weapon.

// REST Countries — no build step, no library. Just fetch.
const res = await fetch("https://restcountries.com/v3.1/name/pakistan");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);

# REST Countries with Python requests
import requests

r = requests.get("https://restcountries.com/v3.1/name/pakistan")
print(r.status_code)
print(r.json())

# REST Countries from your terminal
curl "https://restcountries.com/v3.1/name/pakistan"

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