A cli tool for fetching information about countries. A Go alternative to my original countryfetch which is written in TypeScript (Deno). It uses https://restcountries.com/ for back-end.
Make sure you have GO installed and run this one-line installer:
go install github.com/CondensedMilk7/countryfetch/cmd/countryfetch@latestFirst make sure you run countryfetch -sync, optionally with -flag to store data in cache.
USAGE:
-capital string
Find country by given capital.
-flag
Include ASCII flag in the operation. Can be used in combination with -sync & -name.
-flagonly
Print flag only. Must be used with -name.
-flagremote
Print flag via remote URL. Can be used in combination with -flagonly. Must be used with -name.
-height int
Specify flag height. Can be used with -flagremote and -sync -flags (default 12)
-help
Get usage help
-name string
Find country by given name.
-sync
Fetch and save data to cache.
-width int
Specify flag width. Can be used with -flagremote and -sync -flags (default 40)
EXAMPLE:
countryfetch -name italy -flag
Fetch information about Italy, including its flag.
countryfetch -sync -flag
Store information of all countries in cache, including generated flag ASCII art.
countryfetch -capital "kuala lumpur"
Fetch information about the country of given capital.
countryfetch -flagonly -name "united states"
Fetch just the flag of USA.
Note that string arguments with multiple words have to be enclosed in brackets.
Here's a (little irrelevant) performance comparison between TypeScript and Go versions measured with time utility:
TypeScript(Deno)
countryfetch south korea 0.20s user 0.02s system 100% cpu 0.215 total
Go
countryfetch -flag -name "south korea" 0.01s user 0.00s system 105% cpu 0.014 total
TypeScript(Deno)
countryfetch sync flags 13.16s user 0.32s system 19% cpu 1:08.47 total
Go
countryfetch -sync -flag 7.92s user 0.30s system 35% cpu 23.377 total