GetCountryCode
Overview
The Phone Country Code Finder widget is a convenient tool designed for easily extracting country-specific information from a phone number. It leverages phone number parsing libraries to identify the country, country codes (both alpha-2 and alpha-3), and full country names based on a given phone number.
This widget is ideal for use cases such as:
- Identifying the country of a user based on their phone number input.
- Displaying country information for international form inputs.
- Automating country code validation or country selection in global applications.
Key Features:
- Country Name: Retrieves the full country name from the phone number.
- Alpha-2 Country Code: Returns the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (2-letter country code).
- Alpha-3 Country Code: Returns the ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code (3-letter country code).
- Robust Parsing: Utilizes the libphonenumber-js library to handle phone number parsing and validation.
- Customizable Output: Tailor the output to show the country name, alpha-2 or alpha-3 country code based on your requirements.
Documentation
Typical Usage Scenario
The GetCountryCode widget is designed to extract country information from a given phone number. It helps developers and businesses automatically determine country names and codes based on international dialing codes. This can be useful in applications that require country-based validation, user profiling, or localization.
Use cases include:
- Validating phone numbers during user registration.
- Auto-filling country fields in forms.
- Providing country-based customizations in applications.
Features and Limitations
Features:
- Extracts country name, Alpha-2 code, and Alpha-3 code from a phone number.
- Supports international phone number formats.
- Provides a clean UI output based on the selected country format.
- Logs informative messages to help debug issues.
Limitations:
- Requires phone numbers to be in a valid international format.
- Relies on external dependencies for phone number parsing.
- Does not handle invalid or incomplete phone numbers gracefully.
Configuration
- Phone Number Input: Pass the phone number as a string prop to the widget.
- CSS Class: Provide a class name for custom styling.
- Country Selection Mode: Choose one of the following options:
- countryName - Displays the full country name.
- alphaCode2 - Returns the 2-letter country code.
- alphaCode3 - Returns the 3-letter country code.
Frequently Asked Questions
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What happens if an invalid phone number is provided?
- The widget logs an error message and returns an empty string.
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Can this widget be used in a native mobile application?
- Yes, but it requires proper handling of dependencies.
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Does this support all international phone numbers?
- Yes, as long as they are formatted correctly and libphonenumber-js supports them.