🌍 Know Your Country

A simple and interactive web application that allows users to explore country details such as flag, capital, region, and currency using the public REST Countries API.

The application displays a few default countries on page load and allows users to search for any country dynamically.

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✨ Features

• 🌐 Displays country information:
  • Country name
  • National flag
  • Capital city
  • Region
  • Currency
• 🔍 Search functionality to look up any country
• ⚡ Real-time data fetched from a public API
• 🎨 Clean, glassmorphism-inspired UI
• 🧠 Server-side rendering using EJS

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🖼️ Screenshots

Home Page (Default Countries)

Search Result

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🛠️ Tech Stack

• Frontend

  • HTML5
  • CSS3
  • EJS (Embedded JavaScript Templates)

• Backend

  • Node.js
  • Express.js

• HTTP Client

  • Axios

• API

  • REST Countries API

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🚀 How It Works

1. Home Route (GET /)

• Fetches data for default countries (India, China, Japan)
• Builds a structured countriesinfo object
• Renders country cards dynamically using EJS

2. Search Route (POST /submit)

• Accepts user input
• Normalizes input (trim + lowercase)
• Fetches data for the searched country
• Displays the result on the same page

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🧪 API Example

• GET https://restcountries.com/v3.1/name/india?fullText=true

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⚙️ Installation & Setup

git clone https://github.com/your-username/know-your-country.git
cd know-your-country
npm install
node index.js

📄 Open in Browser

• http://localhost:3000