<\/em>*TL;DR**:<\/strong>* Built a comprehensive geographic API<\/a> that combines countries, airports, and cities in one fast endpoint. Looking for feedback from fellow developers! <\/p>\n What I Built<\/strong> **\ud83c\udf0d Geo Data Master API** – One API for all your geographic needs:<\/strong> Tech Stack<\/strong> Why I Built This<\/strong> Instead of juggling REST Countries API + some airport service + city data, now it’s one clean API. <\/p>\n Performance<\/strong><\/p>\n I’ve made it available on RapidAPI – you can test all endpoints instantly without any setup. The free tier includes 500 requests\/day which should be plenty for testing and small projects.<\/p>\n Try it out<\/strong>: https:\/\/rapidapi.com\/omertabib3005\/api\/geodatamaster<\/a><\/p>\n Happy to answer any technical questions about the implementation!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n submitted by \/u\/COVID-20S <\/a>
After getting frustrated with having to integrate 3+ different APIs for basic geographic data in my e-commerce projects, I decided to build something better: <\/p>\n
– \u2705 249 countries with ISO alpha-2\/alpha-3 codes
– \u2705 Major airports worldwide with IATA codes & coordinates
– \u2705 140K+ cities from GeoNames with population data
– \u2705 Multi-language support with official status
– \u2705 Real-time autocomplete for cities and airports <\/p>\n
– Backend: FastAPI (Python) for performance
– Caching: Redis for sub-millisecond responses
– Database: SQLite with optimized queries
– Infrastructure: Docker + NGINX + SSL
– Data Sources: ISO standards + GeoNames <\/p>\n
Working on traveling projects, I constantly needed:
– Country dropdowns with proper ISO codes
– Airport data for shipping calculations
– City autocomplete for address forms
– Language detection for localization <\/p>\n\n
What I’m Looking For<\/h1>\n
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