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Get a comma separated list of ISO 3166 Country Codes. (example: AF,AX,AL,DZ...)
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iso_3166_country_codes.rb
require 'net/http'
uri = URI('https://pkgstore.datahub.io/core/country-list/data_csv/data/d7c9d7cfb42cb69f4422dec222dbbaa8/data_csv.csv')
countries = Net::HTTP.get(uri)
countries = countries.split("\r\n").drop(1)
countries = countries.map do |country|
country.split(",").last
end.join(",")
puts countries
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FYI, this URL is outdated: http://www.iso.org/iso/home/standards/country_codes/country_names_and_code_elements_txt.htm

I'm not sure of an alternative at the moment.

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poxrud commented Feb 4, 2022

fixed with a new data URL

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