city-state is a very simple ruby gem to get a list of states in a country. Also, you can get a list of cities in a state, and a list of all countries of the world.
gem 'city-state'CityState.states(:us)
# => {:AK=>"Alaska", :AL=>"Alabama", :AR=>"Arkansas", :AZ=>"Arizona", :CA=>"California", :CO=>"Colorado", :CT=>"Connecticut", :DC=>"District of Columbia", :DE=>"Delaware", :FL=>"Florida", :GA=>"Georgia", :HI=>"Hawaii", :IA=>"Iowa", :ID=>"Idaho", :IL=>"Illinois", :IN=>"Indiana", :KS=>"Kansas", :KY=>"Kentucky", :LA=>"Louisiana", :MA=>"Massachusetts", :MD=>"Maryland", :ME=>"Maine", :MI=>"Michigan", :MN=>"Minnesota", :MO=>"Missouri", :MS=>"Mississippi", :MT=>"Montana", :NC=>"North Carolina", :ND=>"North Dakota", :NE=>"Nebraska", :NH=>"New Hampshire", :NJ=>"New Jersey", :NM=>"New Mexico", :NV=>"Nevada", :NY=>"New York", :OH=>"Ohio", :OK=>"Oklahoma", :OR=>"Oregon", :PA=>"Pennsylvania", :RI=>"Rhode Island", :SC=>"South Carolina", :SD=>"South Dakota", :TN=>"Tennessee", :TX=>"Texas", :UT=>"Utah", :VA=>"Virginia", :VT=>"Vermont", :WA=>"Washington", :WI=>"Wisconsin", :WV=>"West Virginia", :WY=>"Wyoming"} PS: city-state is case insensitive. You can use :US, :us, :Us, "us", "US", ...
CityState.cities(:us, :ak)
# => ["Adak", "Akhiok", "Akiachak", "Akiak", "Akutan", "Alakanuk", "Ambler", "Anchor Point", "Anchorage", "Angoon", "Atqasuk", "Barrow", "Bell Island Hot Springs", "Bethel", "Big Lake", "Buckland", "Chefornak", "Chevak", "Chicken", "Chugiak", "Coffman Cove", "Cooper Landing", "Copper Center", "Cordova", "Craig", "Deltana", "Dillingham", "Douglas", "Dutch Harbor", "Eagle River", "Eielson Air Force Base", "Fairbanks", "Fairbanks North Star Borough", "Fort Greely", "Fort Richardson", "Galena", "Girdwood", "Goodnews Bay", "Haines", "Homer", "Hooper Bay", "Juneau", "Kake", "Kaktovik", "Kalskag", "Kenai", "Ketchikan", "Kiana", "King Cove", "King Salmon", "Kipnuk", "Klawock", "Kodiak", "Kongiganak", "Kotlik", "Koyuk", "Kwethluk", "Levelock", "Manokotak", "May Creek", "Mekoryuk", "Metlakatla", "Mountain Village", "Nabesna", "Naknek", "Nazan Village", "Nenana", "New Stuyahok", "Nikiski", "Ninilchik", "Noatak", "Nome", "Nondalton", "Noorvik", "North Pole", "Northway", "Old Kotzebue", "Palmer", "Pedro Bay", "Petersburg", "Pilot Station", "Point Hope", "Point Lay", "Prudhoe Bay", "Russian Mission", "Sand Point", "Scammon Bay", "Selawik", "Seward", "Shungnak", "Sitka", "Skaguay", "Soldotna", "Stebbins", "Sterling", "Sutton", "Talkeetna", "Teller", "Thorne Bay", "Togiak", "Tok", "Toksook Bay", "Tuntutuliak", "Two Rivers", "Unalakleet", "Unalaska", "Valdez", "Wainwright", "Wasilla"]CityState.countries
# => {:AD=>"Andorra", :AE=>"United Arab Emirates", :AF=>"Afghanistan", :AG=>"Antigua and Barbuda", :AI=>"Anguilla", :AL=>"Albania", :AM=>"Armenia", :AO=>"Angola", :AQ=>"Antarctica", :AR=>"Argentina", :AS=>"American Samoa", :AT=>"Austria", :AU=>"Australia", :AW=>"Aruba", :AX=>"Åland", :AZ=>"Azerbaijan", :BA=>"Bosnia and Herzegovina", :BB=>"Barbados", :BD=>"Bangladesh", :BE=>"Belgium", :BF=>"Burkina Faso", :BG=>"Bulgaria", :BH=>"Bahrain", :BI=>"Burundi", :BJ=>"Benin", :BL=>"Saint-Barthélemy", :BM=>"Bermuda", :BN=>"Brunei", :BO=>"Bolivia", :BQ=>"Bonaire", :BR=>"Brazil", :BS=>"Bahamas", :BT=>"Bhutan", :BW=>"Botswana", :BY=>"Belarus", :BZ=>"Belize", :CA=>"Canada", :CC=>"Cocos [Keeling] Islands", :CD=>"Congo", :CF=>"Central African Republic", :CG=>"Republic of the Congo"}- CityState.get: list of countries (equivalent to
CityState.countries) - CityState.get(country): list of states (equivalent to
CityState.states(country)) - CityState.get(country, state): list of cities (equivalent to
CityState.cities(country, state))
Example:
CityState.get
# => {:AD=>"Andorra", :AE=>"United Arab Emirates", :AF=>"Afghanistan", :AG=>"Antigua and Barbuda", :AI=>"Anguilla", :AL=>"Albania", :AM=>"Armenia", :AO=>"Angola", :AQ=>"Antarctica", :AR=>"Argentina", :AS=>"American Samoa", :AT=>"Austria", :AU=>"Australia", :AW=>"Aruba", :AX=>"Åland", :AZ=>"Azerbaijan", :BA=>"Bosnia and Herzegovina", :BB=>"Barbados", :BD=>"Bangladesh", :BE=>"Belgium", :BF=>"Burkina Faso", :BG=>"Bulgaria", :BH=>"Bahrain", :BI=>"Burundi", :BJ=>"Benin", :BL=>"Saint-Barthélemy", :BM=>"Bermuda", :BN=>"Brunei", :BO=>"Bolivia", :BQ=>"Bonaire", :BR=>"Brazil", :BS=>"Bahamas", :BT=>"Bhutan", :BW=>"Botswana", :BY=>"Belarus", :BZ=>"Belize", :CA=>"Canada", :CC=>"Cocos [Keeling] Islands", :CD=>"Congo", :CF=>"Central African Republic", :CG=>"Republic of the Congo"}CityState.get :us
# => {:AK=>"Alaska", :AL=>"Alabama", :AR=>"Arkansas", :AZ=>"Arizona", :CA=>"California", :CO=>"Colorado", :CT=>"Connecticut", :DC=>"District of Columbia", :DE=>"Delaware", :FL=>"Florida", :GA=>"Georgia", :HI=>"Hawaii", :IA=>"Iowa", :ID=>"Idaho", :IL=>"Illinois", :IN=>"Indiana", :KS=>"Kansas", :KY=>"Kentucky", :LA=>"Louisiana", :MA=>"Massachusetts", :MD=>"Maryland", :ME=>"Maine", :MI=>"Michigan", :MN=>"Minnesota", :MO=>"Missouri", :MS=>"Mississippi", :MT=>"Montana", :NC=>"North Carolina", :ND=>"North Dakota", :NE=>"Nebraska", :NH=>"New Hampshire", :NJ=>"New Jersey", :NM=>"New Mexico", :NV=>"Nevada", :NY=>"New York", :OH=>"Ohio", :OK=>"Oklahoma", :OR=>"Oregon", :PA=>"Pennsylvania", :RI=>"Rhode Island", :SC=>"South Carolina", :SD=>"South Dakota", :TN=>"Tennessee", :TX=>"Texas", :UT=>"Utah", :VA=>"Virginia", :VT=>"Vermont", :WA=>"Washington", :WI=>"Wisconsin", :WV=>"West Virginia", :WY=>"Wyoming"} CityState.get :us, :ak
# => ["Adak", "Akhiok", "Akiachak", "Akiak", "Akutan", "Alakanuk", "Ambler", "Anchor Point", "Anchorage", "Angoon", "Atqasuk", "Barrow", "Bell Island Hot Springs", "Bethel", "Big Lake", "Buckland", "Chefornak", "Chevak", "Chicken", "Chugiak", "Coffman Cove", "Cooper Landing", "Copper Center", "Cordova", "Craig", "Deltana", "Dillingham", "Douglas", "Dutch Harbor", "Eagle River", "Eielson Air Force Base", "Fairbanks", "Fairbanks North Star Borough", "Fort Greely", "Fort Richardson", "Galena", "Girdwood", "Goodnews Bay", "Haines", "Homer", "Hooper Bay", "Juneau", "Kake", "Kaktovik", "Kalskag", "Kenai", "Ketchikan", "Kiana", "King Cove", "King Salmon", "Kipnuk", "Klawock", "Kodiak", "Kongiganak", "Kotlik", "Koyuk", "Kwethluk", "Levelock", "Manokotak", "May Creek", "Mekoryuk", "Metlakatla", "Mountain Village", "Nabesna", "Naknek", "Nazan Village", "Nenana", "New Stuyahok", "Nikiski", "Ninilchik", "Noatak", "Nome", "Nondalton", "Noorvik", "North Pole", "Northway", "Old Kotzebue", "Palmer", "Pedro Bay", "Petersburg", "Pilot Station", "Point Hope", "Point Lay", "Prudhoe Bay", "Russian Mission", "Sand Point", "Scammon Bay", "Selawik", "Seward", "Shungnak", "Sitka", "Skaguay", "Soldotna", "Stebbins", "Sterling", "Sutton", "Talkeetna", "Teller", "Thorne Bay", "Togiak", "Tok", "Toksook Bay", "Tuntutuliak", "Two Rivers", "Unalakleet", "Unalaska", "Valdez", "Wainwright", "Wasilla"]MaxMind update their databases weekly on tuesdays. To get a new and updated version, you can update with:
CityState.updatehttps://www.learnwithdaniel.com/2015/02/citystate-list-of-cities-and-states-ruby/
city-state is a open source project by Daniel Loureiro with a MIT license. Also, it uses MaxMind open source database.
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