How do I get access to the lat and long of a city?

[Olfdev]

Hello,

I'm a bit confused. In the documentation, there is a part on Country details to get translations and other things. But I don't find anything to get the city details and I need the lat and long of cities.
I see they exist in the countries+cities.json but I don't find how to access it using the API.
Using only https://api.countrystatecity.in/v1/countries/[ciso]/cities returns only city name and id.

Thanks!

[dosubot[bot]]

Hey @Olfdev, I'm here to help you with any bugs, questions, or contributions you have. Let's tackle this together!

To access the latitude and longitude of a city using the API, you can cross-reference the city ID from the API response with the countries+cities.json file, which contains the latitude and longitude information.

Here's a basic example of how you might implement this in code:

import json

# Load the JSON data from the file
with open('countries+cities.json', 'r') as file:
    data = json.load(file)

# Function to get latitude and longitude by city ID
def get_lat_long(city_id):
    for city in data:
        if city['id'] == city_id:
            return city['latitude'], city['longitude']
    return None

# Example usage
city_id = 2398  # Example city ID for Manchester
lat_long = get_lat_long(city_id)
if lat_long:
    print(f"Latitude: {lat_long[0]}, Longitude: {lat_long[1]}")
else:
    print("City ID not found.")

This code assumes you have the countries+cities.json file available and correctly formatted. Adjust the file path and city ID as needed ^[1].

Additionally, there is ongoing work to include latitude and longitude in the API responses directly, but it's not yet implemented ^[2].

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[Olfdev]

Could a human being help please? Because I don't have any countries+cities.json file to crosscheck anything with so that answer is not really helpful. Thanks!

[dr5hn]

@Olfdev That's purposely not included in the response due to server resources limitations. However, I have added them within this endpoint of getting cities by state and country.

https://api.countrystatecity.in/v1/countries/[ciso]/states/[siso]/cities

[Olfdev]

Thanks a lot for the answer, I'll check it out.