factbook.json - 260+ Public Domain (Free) Country Profiles Updated

[Gerald Bauer]

Hello,

If anyone follows along I've updated and rearranged the
/factbook.json [1] archive (repo). What's news?

All country profiles got updated using the latest (live) pages from
the CIA World Factbook site.

The /factbook.json archive now follows 1:1 the "official" structure e.g.

All country profiles now use the two-letter GEC (formerly FIPS) codes
e.g. au for Austria, gm for Germany, and so on.
All country profiles are now included (not just a selection) including
all oceans, the world, the gaza strip, the west bank etc.

The country profiles now get organized / stored by region
as used / assigned by the World Factbook site e.g.:

- africa
- antarctica
- australia-oceania
- central-america-n-caribbean
- central-asia
- east-n-southeast-asia
- europe
- middle-east
- north-america
- oceans
- south-america
- south-asia
- world

That's it. Questions? Comments? As always welcome. Cheers.

[1] github.com/factbook/factbook.json

[Eckhard Licher]

Hello,

the json repo is great, just what is needed as input for the openwẂorldFactbook.

May I suggest to include header information in the json files, such as the following (taken form the de-chromed html files):

---

layout:       country

title:        aa - Aruba

permalink:    aa.html

last_updated: 2015-09-24

country_code: aa

country_name: "Aruba"

country_affiliation: (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)

region_code:  cam

region_name:  Central America and Caribbean

---

Taken the Aruba example the json file would look like the following: 

{

  "Header": {

    "layout": "country",

    "title": "aa - Aruba", 

    "permalink": "aa.html"

    "last_updated": "2015-09-24",

     ...

  }, 

  "Introduction": {

    "Background": {

      "text": "Discovered and claimed for Spain in 1499, ..."

    }

  },

....

}

Thanks

Eckhard

[Gerald Bauer]

Hello,
Good point. Thanks for the reminder. The page info is (still)
missing in the json output. Will try to get it added with the next
/factbook.json update. Cheers.