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REST Countries
REST Countries relaunched in 2026 as a keyed, tiered API: the old free restcountries.com/v3.1 endpoints now return a deprecation notice, and every query goes through api.restcountries.com with a Bearer API key covering names, currencies, borders, leaders, and 90+ fields per country. A free tier (500 requests/month) still exists alongside paid Personal, Professional, Startup, and Business plans billed on monthly request volume.
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<a href="https://greatapis.com/api/rest-countries/"><img src="https://greatapis.com/badge/rest-countries.svg" alt="Scored 75 on greatapis.com"></a>Auth quickstart
- Get a key at the provider
- Send it on every request as a header
Authorization: <key> - The exact header isn't documented — Authorization is a common default; confirm in the provider's docs.
Your key is stored only in this browser (localStorage) and sent directly to the API — never to greatapis.
Developer reference
500 requests/month on Free plan; 25,000/month on Personal; 100,000/month on Professional; 200,000/month on Startup; 750,000/month on Business (published plan quotas embedded in restcountries.com's own site config)