> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.sportmonks.com/v2/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.sportmonks.com/v2/endpoint-overview/countries/get-country-by-id.md).

# GET Country by ID

### `GET` Country by ID

```
https://soccer.sportmonks.com/api/v2.0/country/{ID}
```

| Endpoint details        |         |
| ----------------------- | ------- |
| Pagination              | YES     |
| Allowed nested includes | 2       |
| Authorization           | API Key |

#### Parameters

| Available parameters |                                                                                                                   |
| -------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| page                 | The number of the page you want to browse. Can be used by adding \&page=2 etc to your request url.                |
| include              | Enrich the API with more data and/or nested includes. Can be used by adding `&include=` etc. to your request url. |

#### Include options

`leagues` `continent` `covid`

Includes are the cornerstone of our API and allow you to enrich and customize your requests. This flexibility is what distinguishes us from our competitors. 

You can learn more about what includes are and how they work here:

{% content-ref url="/pages/-MJXOeyBzTS35Z7kTf1c" %}
[Includes](/v2/tutorials/enriching-your-response/includes.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}

#### Example response

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Request" %}

```aspnet
https://soccer.sportmonks.com/api/v2.0/countries/2?api_token={API_TOKEN}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Response" %}

```javascript
"data": {
        "id": 2,
        "name": "Poland",
        "image_path": "https://cdn.sportmonks.com/images/countries/png/short/pl.png",
        "extra": {
            "continent": "Europe",
            "sub_region": "Eastern Europe",
            "world_region": "EMEA",
            "fifa": "POL",
            "iso": "POL",
            "iso2": "PL",
            "longitude": "19.37775993347168",
            "latitude": "52.147850036621094",
            "flag": "<svg xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" width=\"1280\" height=\"800\" viewBox=\"0 0 16 10\"><path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M0 0h16v10h-16z\"/><path fill=\"#dc143c\" d=\"M0 5h16v5h-16z\"/></svg>\n"
        }
    }
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

{% hint style="info" %}
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{% endhint %}