What happend to the api? is it down forever? will it come back? about restcountries

[amatosg]

I'm not sure. It looks like they never renewed their SSL certificate. In the meantime, you can use https://restcountries.com/ is a cloned repo that I update frecuently

[gobinda-prasad-paudel]

Bro , after doing some search on internet I have found a result . The alternative or same of https://restcountries.eu/rest/v2/all is https://restcountries.com/v2/all

[nihalanisumit]

is this down again?

[Developer-Raman]

This now available in v3 version.
Please check out https://restcountries.com

[Ehtz]

https://restcountries.com/v3.1 is down

[amatosg]

This API is dead for me at least.

this API is dead for everyone

[PeterKassenaar]

@amatosg Thanks for the new fork/repo. Donated.

[chrismwalker-portfolio]

@amatosg I've raised it here as well. Thanks!

[ePascalC]

@weilinzung @tricipitinus @rwieruch, if you have an issue with that website, please create an issue on the dedicated issue log like @chrismwalker-portfolio did on GitLab https://gitlab.com/amatos/rest-countries/-/issues or eventually on the mirror on GitHub https://github.com/amatosg/restcountries/issues
Thanks.

[amatosg]

you're right. Is taking way too long to respond. I'll take a look at that

[absolutecommunications]

Thank you, amatosg you rock!

[ePascalC]

@maPer77 the first issue raised here was #250, so consider issues from that date.

[PaulRosset]

The Free tier from https://countrylayer.com/documentation/ is 100 requests a month, what we are supposed to do with that ^^

[amatosg]

@amatosg What has happened to v2 of the API, for example https://restcountries.com/v2/alpha/col. I updated my code to accommodate 'subregion' becoming 'region', and for 'flags' now being an array containing both SVG and PNG images, but today I notice v2 has reverted back to the old format response - just a single SVG flag, and 'subregion' is back again. Is this an intentional change, and will it now stay like this? Thanks for keeping the API alive!

@chrismwalker-portfolio yes, the changes were intentional. Sorry about that. The idea is to support the compatibility to this project so migration is easier

[chrismwalker-portfolio]

@chrismwalker-portfolio yes, the changes were intentional. Sorry about that. The idea is to support the compatibility to this project so migration is easier

No problem, it makes sense to keep it aligned to the original v2 API. Thanks again for all your work!

[amatosg]

I you have any issues, please report them here

[weilinzung]

v3.1 is down now...

[fanetech]

how do?
i'have the same problem

[amatosg]

you can check this information

https://gitlab.com/amatos/rest-countries/-/blob/master/README.md

[mark909099]

This now available in v3 version.
Please check out https://restcountries.com

Thanks alot!

[AntonioChicano]

The https://restcountries.com/ API works very well minus the flags.
For some reason, the flags do not show them and I have checked my code but everything is fine.

because it can be?

[PaulRosset]

Thank you for forking the original repo!

Do also experience a slow response time for the URL https://restcountries.com/ ?

[AntonioChicano]

Yes. Very slow

[amatosg]

Yes. Very slow

it looks like the CPU was at 100% all the time. Now is under 500ms

[ePascalC]

Message from apilayer support: We no longer support restcountries.eu; however, we do offer a free tier of a similar API on countrylayer.com. See https://countrylayer.com/documentation/

[maPer77]

Does anyone know since which day restcountries.eu is down?
I would like to know how many days my app has been broken... 😞

[amatosg]

100 requests a month

I thought it was a day....

[chrismwalker-portfolio]

@amatosg What has happened to v2 of the API, for example https://restcountries.com/v2/alpha/col. I updated my code to accommodate 'subregion' becoming 'region', and for 'flags' now being an array containing both SVG and PNG images, but today I notice v2 has reverted back to the old format response - just a single SVG flag, and 'subregion' is back again. Is this an intentional change, and will it now stay like this? Thanks for keeping the API alive!

[K2ouMais]

This API is not for free anymore. To be honest it is horrible now.

The documentation shows fields that arent there anymore.

Documentation:

API Response:

This is a perfect example how it shouldnt be made.

You cant even filter by field name and so on.

This API is dead for me at least.

[anoop4real]

OMG Will the API come back?...seem to be certificate issue

[amatosg]

OMG Will the API come back?

No, but they offer a free tier where you can make 100 requests per month

[rwieruch]

@amatosg the website is down. Is there anything that we can to help?

[tricipitinus]

oh noes! we were actually hoping this would be the more stable option? Any word on what's the cause and how long it will take?
Why doesn't the UN offer this service anyway?

[NizarBerjawi]

If you're looking for a substitute API check out: https://placesapi.dev/

[sumithlogi]

Its unavailable again

[amatosg]

if you have issues with restcountries.com then please create a new issue here: https://gitlab.com/restcountries/restcountries/

[samathi-97]

is this down again?

yes

[ExtAnimal]

restcountries.com is down:

[amatosg]

@ExtAnimal wrong repo