Almost all "States" in the United Kingdom returns an empty City

[Philx62]

Hello, tried getting list of cities from the UK but most returns an empty list.

this is my request parameter:

https://countriesnow.space/api/v0.1/countries/state/cities/q?country=United%20Kingdom&state=Aberdeen

and this is my returned value :

{
"error": false,
"msg": "cities in state Aberdeen of country United Kingdom retrieved",
"data": []
}

II initially thought the issue might be with a specific state (e.g., Aberdeen), but I tested about 70% of UK states and got the same result. the only working states i could find was England, Wales and Scotland.

[MartinsOnuoha]

Hi @Philx62 we had a similar thread opened here
#182
Do you think you could follow up on this thread?

[MartinsOnuoha]

@Philx62 do you expect this structure?

The United Kingdom (UK) does not have "states" like the United States. Instead, it is divided into four constituent countries, each with its own system of governance and regional identities. These are:

England
Scotland
Wales
Northern Ireland
Each country is further divided into smaller administrative regions:

England: Includes counties such as Yorkshire, Cornwall, and Kent.
Scotland: Divided into council areas like Glasgow City and Highland.
Wales: Divided into principal areas like Cardiff and Swansea.
Northern Ireland: Comprises districts like Belfast and Derry City and Strabane.

[Philx62]

Hi @MartinsOnuoha,
yes this is the structure i expected.
but using the current setup if Northern Ireland is selected as a state to display a list of cities there is no data for these cities.

[MartinsOnuoha]

Okay I understand that's the current experience, but I would be making updates to return the districts instead of empty data
@Philx62

[Adebesin-Cell]

Okay I understand that's the current experience, but I would be making updates to return the districts instead of empty data @Philx62

That'll be cool! Thank you. I thought something was wrong with my approach when cities weren't returned 😅.

[Adebesin-Cell]

If it helps it seems when I select a state to fetch cities (I suppose now it'll return districts) in uk, it returns State not found, perhaps it can also be resolved, thanks! 👍

[MartinsOnuoha]

Thanks Adebesin, I'll resolve this alongside.

[Adebesin-Cell]

Thanks Adebesin, I'll resolve this alongside.

Cool! Thanks, great work 👏

[Philx62]

Hey @MartinsOnuoha how's the returns for the cities in the UK going? any roadblocks?

[MartinsOnuoha]

@Philx62 there's an open MR now, feel free to have a look before it's merged.
#193