open source country list

[lucasgonze]

Contribute this code back to that js lib for country list. Need to fork the original from github, integrate cleanly, send pull request.

exports.countryList = function(selectedElementName){
    var json = [
    {name:"Afghanistan","data-alternative-spellings":"AF افغانستان"}
    ,{name:"Åland Islands","data-alternative-spellings":"AX Aaland Aland","data-relevancy-booster":"0.5"}
    ,{name:"Albania","data-alternative-spellings":"AL"}
    ,{name:"Algeria","data-alternative-spellings":"DZ الجزائر"}
    ,{name:"American Samoa","data-alternative-spellings":"AS","data-relevancy-booster":"0.5"}
    ,{name:"Andorra","data-alternative-spellings":"AD","data-relevancy-booster":"0.5"}
    ,{name:"Angola","data-alternative-spellings":"AO"}
    ,{name:"Anguilla","data-alternative-spellings":"AI","data-relevancy-booster":"0.5"}
    ,{name:"Antarctica","data-alternative-spellings":"AQ","data-relevancy-booster":"0.5"}
    ,{name:"Antigua And Barbuda","data-alternative-spellings":"AG","data-relevancy-booster":"0.5"}
    ,{name:"Argentina","data-alternative-spellings":"AR"}
    ,{name:"Armenia","data-alternative-spellings":"AM Հայաստան"}
    ,{name:"Aruba","data-alternative-spellings":"AW","data-relevancy-booster":"0.5"}
    ,{name:"Australia","data-alternative-spellings":"AU","data-relevancy-booster":"1.5"}
    ,{name:"Austria","data-alternative-spellings":"AT Österreich Osterreich Oesterreich "}
    ,{name:"Azerbaijan","data-alternative-spellings":"AZ"}
    ,{name:"Bahamas","data-alternative-spellings":"BS"}
    ,{name:"Bahrain","data-alternative-spellings":"BH البحرين"}
    ,{name:"Bangladesh","data-alternative-spellings":"BD বাংলাদেশ","data-relevancy-booster":"2"}
    ,{name:"Barbados","data-alternative-spellings":"BB"}
    ,{name:"Belarus","data-alternative-spellings":"BY Беларусь"}
    ,{name:"Belgium","data-alternative-spellings":"BE België Belgie Belgien Belgique","data-relevancy-booster":"1.5"}
    ,{name:"Belize","data-alternative-spellings":"BZ"}
    ,{name:"Benin","data-alternative-spellings":"BJ"}
    ,{name:"Bermuda","data-alternative-spellings":"BM","data-relevancy-booster":"0.5"}
    ,{name:"Bhutan","data-alternative-spellings":"BT भूटान"}
    ,{name:"Bolivia","data-alternative-spellings":"BO"}
    ,{name:"Bonaire,Sint Eustatius and Saba","data-alternative-spellings":"BQ"}
    ,{name:"Bosnia and Herzegovina","data-alternative-spellings":"BA Босна и Херцеговина"}
    ,{name:"Botswana","data-alternative-spellings":"BW"}
    ,{name:"Bouvet Island","data-alternative-spellings":"BV"}
    ,{name:"Brazil","data-alternative-spellings":"BR Brasil","data-relevancy-booster":"2"}
    ,{name:"British Indian Ocean Territory","data-alternative-spellings":"IO"}
    ,{name:"Brunei Darussalam","data-alternative-spellings":"BN"}
    ,{name:"Bulgaria","data-alternative-spellings":"BG България"}
    ,{name:"Burkina Faso","data-alternative-spellings":"BF"}
    ,{name:"Burundi","data-alternative-spellings":"BI"}
    ,{name:"Cambodia","data-alternative-spellings":"KH កម្ពុជា"}
    ,{name:"Cameroon","data-alternative-spellings":"CM"}
    ,{name:"Canada","data-alternative-spellings":"CA","data-relevancy-booster":"2"}
    ,{name:"Cape Verde","data-alternative-spellings":"CV Cabo"}
    ,{name:"Cayman Islands","data-alternative-spellings":"KY","data-relevancy-booster":"0.5"}
    ,{name:"Central African Republic","data-alternative-spellings":"CF"}
    ,{name:"Chad","data-alternative-spellings":"TD تشاد‎ Tchad"}
    ,{name:"Chile","data-alternative-spellings":"CL"}
    ,{name:"China","data-relevancy-booster":"3.5","data-alternative-spellings":"CN Zhongguo Zhonghua Peoples Republic 中国/中华"}
    ,{name:"Christmas Island","data-alternative-spellings":"CX","data-relevancy-booster":"0.5"}
    ,{name:"Cocos (Keeling) Islands","data-alternative-spellings":"CC","data-relevancy-booster":"0.5"}
    ,{name:"Colombia","data-alternative-spellings":"CO"}
    ,{name:"Comoros","data-alternative-spellings":"KM جزر القمر"}
    ,{name:"Congo","data-alternative-spellings":"CG"}
    ,{name:"Congo,the Democratic Republic of the","data-alternative-spellings":"CD Congo-Brazzaville Repubilika ya Kongo"}
    ,{name:"Cook Islands","data-alternative-spellings":"CK","data-relevancy-booster":"0.5"}
    ,{name:"Costa Rica","data-alternative-spellings":"CR"}
    ,{name:"Côte d'Ivoire","data-alternative-spellings":"CI Cote dIvoire"}
    ,{name:"Croatia","data-alternative-spellings":"HR Hrvatska"}
    ,{name:"Cuba","data-alternative-spellings":"CU"}
    ,{name:"Curaçao","data-alternative-spellings":"CW Curacao"}
    ,{name:"Cyprus","data-alternative-spellings":"CY Κύπρος Kýpros Kıbrıs"}
    ,{name:"Czech Republic","data-alternative-spellings":"CZ Česká Ceska"}
    ,{name:"Denmark","data-alternative-spellings":"DK Danmark","data-relevancy-booster":"1.5"}
    ,{name:"Djibouti","data-alternative-spellings":"DJ جيبوتي‎ Jabuuti Gabuuti"}
    ,{name:"Dominica","data-alternative-spellings":"DM Dominique","data-relevancy-booster":"0.5"}
    ,{name:"Dominican Republic","data-alternative-spellings":"DO"}
    ,{name:"Ecuador","data-alternative-spellings":"EC"}
    ,{name:"Egypt","data-alternative-spellings":"EG","data-relevancy-booster":"1.5"}
    ,{name:"El Salvador","data-alternative-spellings":"SV"}
    ,{name:"Equatorial Guinea","data-alternative-spellings":"GQ"}
    ,{name:"Eritrea","data-alternative-spellings":"ER إرتريا ኤርትራ"}
    ,{name:"Estonia","data-alternative-spellings":"EE Eesti"}
    ,{name:"Ethiopia","data-alternative-spellings":"ET ኢትዮጵያ"}
    ,{name:"Falkland Islands (Malvinas)","data-alternative-spellings":"FK","data-relevancy-booster":"0.5"}
    ,{name:"Faroe Islands","data-alternative-spellings":"FO Føroyar Færøerne","data-relevancy-booster":"0.5"}
    ,{name:"Fiji","data-alternative-spellings":"FJ Viti फ़िजी"}
    ,{name:"Finland","data-alternative-spellings":"FI Suomi"}
    ,{name:"France","data-alternative-spellings":"FR République française","data-relevancy-booster":"2.5"}
    ,{name:"French Guiana","data-alternative-spellings":"GF"}
    ,{name:"French Polynesia","data-alternative-spellings":"PF Polynésie française"}
    ,{name:"French Southern Territories","data-alternative-spellings":"TF"}
    ,{name:"Gabon","data-alternative-spellings":"GA République Gabonaise"}
    ,{name:"Gambia","data-alternative-spellings":"GM"}
    ,{name:"Georgia","data-alternative-spellings":"GE საქართველო"}
    ,{name:"Germany","data-alternative-spellings":"DE Bundesrepublik Deutschland","data-relevancy-booster":"3"}
    ,{name:"Ghana","data-alternative-spellings":"GH"}
    ,{name:"Gibraltar","data-alternative-spellings":"GI","data-relevancy-booster":"0.5"}
    ,{name:"Greece","data-alternative-spellings":"GR Ελλάδα","data-relevancy-booster":"1.5"}
    ,{name:"Greenland","data-alternative-spellings":"GL grønland","data-relevancy-booster":"0.5"}
    ,{name:"Grenada","data-alternative-spellings":"GD"}
    ,{name:"Guadeloupe","data-alternative-spellings":"GP"}
    ,{name:"Guam","data-alternative-spellings":"GU"}
    ,{name:"Guatemala","data-alternative-spellings":"GT"}
    ,{name:"Guernsey","data-alternative-spellings":"GG","data-relevancy-booster":"0.5"}
    ,{name:"Guinea","data-alternative-spellings":"GN"}
    ,{name:"Guinea-Bissau","data-alternative-spellings":"GW"}
    ,{name:"Guyana","data-alternative-spellings":"GY"}
    ,{name:"Haiti","data-alternative-spellings":"HT"}
    ,{name:"Heard Island and McDonald Islands","data-alternative-spellings":"HM"}
    ,{name:"Holy See (Vatican City State)","data-alternative-spellings":"VA","data-relevancy-booster":"0.5"}
    ,{name:"Honduras","data-alternative-spellings":"HN"}
    ,{name:"Hong Kong","data-alternative-spellings":"HK 香港"}
    ,{name:"Hungary","data-alternative-spellings":"HU Magyarország"}
    ,{name:"Iceland","data-alternative-spellings":"IS Island"}
    ,{name:"India","data-alternative-spellings":"IN भारत गणराज्य Hindustan","data-relevancy-booster":"3"}
    ,{name:"Indonesia","data-alternative-spellings":"ID","data-relevancy-booster":"2"}
    ,{name:"Iran,Islamic Republic of","data-alternative-spellings":"IR ایران"}
    ,{name:"Iraq","data-alternative-spellings":"IQ العراق‎"}
    ,{name:"Ireland","data-alternative-spellings":"IE Éire","data-relevancy-booster":"1.2"}
    ,{name:"Isle of Man","data-alternative-spellings":"IM","data-relevancy-booster":"0.5"}
    ,{name:"Israel","data-alternative-spellings":"IL إسرائيل ישראל"}
    ,{name:"Italy","data-alternative-spellings":"IT Italia","data-relevancy-booster":"2"}
    ,{name:"Jamaica","data-alternative-spellings":"JM"}
    ,{name:"Japan","data-alternative-spellings":"JP Nippon Nihon 日本","data-relevancy-booster":"2.5"}
    ,{name:"Jersey","data-alternative-spellings":"JE","data-relevancy-booster":"0.5"}
    ,{name:"Jordan","data-alternative-spellings":"JO الأردن"}
    ,{name:"Kazakhstan","data-alternative-spellings":"KZ Қазақстан Казахстан"}
    ,{name:"Kenya","data-alternative-spellings":"KE"}
    ,{name:"Kiribati","data-alternative-spellings":"KI"}
    ,{name:"Korea,Democratic People's Republic of","data-alternative-spellings":"KP North Korea"}
    ,{name:"Korea,Republic of","data-alternative-spellings":"KR South Korea","data-relevancy-booster":"1.5"}
    ,{name:"Kuwait","data-alternative-spellings":"KW الكويت"}
    ,{name:"Kyrgyzstan","data-alternative-spellings":"KG Кыргызстан"}
    ,{name:"Lao People's Democratic Republic","data-alternative-spellings":"LA"}
    ,{name:"Latvia","data-alternative-spellings":"LV Latvija"}
    ,{name:"Lebanon","data-alternative-spellings":"LB لبنان"}
    ,{name:"Lesotho","data-alternative-spellings":"LS"}
    ,{name:"Liberia","data-alternative-spellings":"LR"}
    ,{name:"Libyan Arab Jamahiriya","data-alternative-spellings":"LY ليبيا"}
    ,{name:"Liechtenstein","data-alternative-spellings":"LI"}
    ,{name:"Lithuania","data-alternative-spellings":"LT Lietuva"}
    ,{name:"Luxembourg","data-alternative-spellings":"LU"}
    ,{name:"Macao","data-alternative-spellings":"MO"}
    ,{name:"Macedonia,The Former Yugoslav Republic Of","data-alternative-spellings":"MK Македонија"}
    ,{name:"Madagascar","data-alternative-spellings":"MG Madagasikara"}
    ,{name:"Malawi","data-alternative-spellings":"MW"}
    ,{name:"Malaysia","data-alternative-spellings":"MY"}
    ,{name:"Maldives","data-alternative-spellings":"MV"}
    ,{name:"Mali","data-alternative-spellings":"ML"}
    ,{name:"Malta","data-alternative-spellings":"MT"}
    ,{name:"Marshall Islands","data-alternative-spellings":"MH","data-relevancy-booster":"0.5"}
    ,{name:"Martinique","data-alternative-spellings":"MQ"}
    ,{name:"Mauritania","data-alternative-spellings":"MR الموريتانية"}
    ,{name:"Mauritius","data-alternative-spellings":"MU"}
    ,{name:"Mayotte","data-alternative-spellings":"YT"}
    ,{name:"Mexico","data-alternative-spellings":"MX Mexicanos","data-relevancy-booster":"1.5"}
    ,{name:"Micronesia,Federated States of","data-alternative-spellings":"FM"}
    ,{name:"Moldova,Republic of","data-alternative-spellings":"MD"}
    ,{name:"Monaco","data-alternative-spellings":"MC"}
    ,{name:"Mongolia","data-alternative-spellings":"MN Mongγol ulus Монгол улс"}
    ,{name:"Montenegro","data-alternative-spellings":"ME"}
    ,{name:"Montserrat","data-alternative-spellings":"MS","data-relevancy-booster":"0.5"}
    ,{name:"Morocco","data-alternative-spellings":"MA المغرب"}
    ,{name:"Mozambique","data-alternative-spellings":"MZ Moçambique"}
    ,{name:"Myanmar","data-alternative-spellings":"MM"}
    ,{name:"Namibia","data-alternative-spellings":"NA Namibië"}
    ,{name:"Nauru","data-alternative-spellings":"NR Naoero","data-relevancy-booster":"0.5"}
    ,{name:"Nepal","data-alternative-spellings":"NP नेपाल"}
    ,{name:"Netherlands","data-alternative-spellings":"NL Holland Nederland","data-relevancy-booster":"1.5"}
    ,{name:"New Caledonia","data-alternative-spellings":"NC","data-relevancy-booster":"0.5"}
    ,{name:"New Zealand","data-alternative-spellings":"NZ Aotearoa"}
    ,{name:"Nicaragua","data-alternative-spellings":"NI"}
    ,{name:"Niger","data-alternative-spellings":"NE Nijar"}
    ,{name:"Nigeria","data-alternative-spellings":"NG Nijeriya Naíjíríà","data-relevancy-booster":"1.5"}
    ,{name:"Niue","data-alternative-spellings":"NU","data-relevancy-booster":"0.5"}
    ,{name:"Norfolk Island","data-alternative-spellings":"NF","data-relevancy-booster":"0.5"}
    ,{name:"Northern Mariana Islands","data-alternative-spellings":"MP","data-relevancy-booster":"0.5"}
    ,{name:"Norway","data-alternative-spellings":"NO Norge Noreg","data-relevancy-booster":"1.5"}
    ,{name:"Oman","data-alternative-spellings":"OM عمان"}
    ,{name:"Pakistan","data-alternative-spellings":"PK پاکستان","data-relevancy-booster":"2"}
    ,{name:"Palau","data-alternative-spellings":"PW","data-relevancy-booster":"0.5"}
    ,{name:"Palestinian Territory,Occupied","data-alternative-spellings":"PS فلسطين"}
    ,{name:"Panama","data-alternative-spellings":"PA"}
    ,{name:"Papua New Guinea","data-alternative-spellings":"PG"}
    ,{name:"Paraguay","data-alternative-spellings":"PY"}
    ,{name:"Peru","data-alternative-spellings":"PE"}
    ,{name:"Philippines","data-alternative-spellings":"PH Pilipinas","data-relevancy-booster":"1.5"}
    ,{name:"Pitcairn","data-alternative-spellings":"PN","data-relevancy-booster":"0.5"}
    ,{name:"Poland","data-alternative-spellings":"PL Polska","data-relevancy-booster":"1.25"}
    ,{name:"Portugal","data-alternative-spellings":"PT Portuguesa","data-relevancy-booster":"1.5"}
    ,{name:"Puerto Rico","data-alternative-spellings":"PR"}
    ,{name:"Qatar","data-alternative-spellings":"QA قطر"}
    ,{name:"Réunion","data-alternative-spellings":"RE Reunion"}
    ,{name:"Romania","data-alternative-spellings":"RO Rumania Roumania România"}
    ,{name:"Russian Federation","data-alternative-spellings":"RU Rossiya Российская Россия","data-relevancy-booster":"2.5"}
    ,{name:"Rwanda","data-alternative-spellings":"RW"}
    ,{name:"Saint Barthélemy","data-alternative-spellings":"BL St. Barthelemy"}
    ,{name:"Saint Helena","data-alternative-spellings":"SH St."}
    ,{name:"Saint Kitts and Nevis","data-alternative-spellings":"KN St."}
    ,{name:"Saint Lucia","data-alternative-spellings":"LC St."}
    ,{name:"Saint Martin (French Part)","data-alternative-spellings":"MF St."}
    ,{name:"Saint Pierre and Miquelon","data-alternative-spellings":"PM St."}
    ,{name:"Saint Vincent and the Grenadines","data-alternative-spellings":"VC St."}
    ,{name:"Samoa","data-alternative-spellings":"WS"}
    ,{name:"San Marino","data-alternative-spellings":"SM"}
    ,{name:"Sao Tome and Principe","data-alternative-spellings":"ST"}
    ,{name:"Saudi Arabia","data-alternative-spellings":"SA السعودية"}
    ,{name:"Senegal","data-alternative-spellings":"SN Sénégal"}
    ,{name:"Serbia","data-alternative-spellings":"RS Србија Srbija"}
    ,{name:"Seychelles","data-alternative-spellings":"SC","data-relevancy-booster":"0.5"}
    ,{name:"Sierra Leone","data-alternative-spellings":"SL"}
    ,{name:"Singapore","data-alternative-spellings":"SG Singapura  சிங்கப்பூர் குடியரசு 新加坡共和国"}
    ,{name:"Sint Maarten (Dutch Part)","data-alternative-spellings":"SX"}
    ,{name:"Slovakia","data-alternative-spellings":"SK Slovenská Slovensko"}
    ,{name:"Slovenia","data-alternative-spellings":"SI Slovenija"}
    ,{name:"Solomon Islands","data-alternative-spellings":"SB"}
    ,{name:"Somalia","data-alternative-spellings":"SO الصومال"}
    ,{name:"South Africa","data-alternative-spellings":"ZA RSA Suid-Afrika"}
    ,{name:"South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands","data-alternative-spellings":"GS"}
    ,{name:"South Sudan","data-alternative-spellings":"SS"}
    ,{name:"Spain","data-alternative-spellings":"ES España","data-relevancy-booster":"2"}
    ,{name:"Sri Lanka","data-alternative-spellings":"LK ශ්‍රී ලංකා இலங்கை Ceylon"}
    ,{name:"Sudan","data-alternative-spellings":"SD السودان"}
    ,{name:"Suriname","data-alternative-spellings":"SR शर्नम् Sarnam Sranangron"}
    ,{name:"Svalbard and Jan Mayen","data-alternative-spellings":"SJ","data-relevancy-booster":"0.5"}
    ,{name:"Swaziland","data-alternative-spellings":"SZ weSwatini Swatini Ngwane"}
    ,{name:"Sweden","data-alternative-spellings":"SE Sverige","data-relevancy-booster":"1.5"}
    ,{name:"Switzerland","data-alternative-spellings":"CH Swiss Confederation Schweiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra","data-relevancy-booster":"1.5"}
    ,{name:"Syrian Arab Republic","data-alternative-spellings":"SY Syria سورية"}
    ,{name:"Taiwan,Province of China","data-alternative-spellings":"TW 台灣 臺灣"}
    ,{name:"Tajikistan","data-alternative-spellings":"TJ Тоҷикистон Toçikiston"}
    ,{name:"Tanzania,United Republic of","data-alternative-spellings":"TZ"}
    ,{name:"Thailand","data-alternative-spellings":"TH ประเทศไทย Prathet Thai"}
    ,{name:"Timor-Leste","data-alternative-spellings":"TL"}
    ,{name:"Togo","data-alternative-spellings":"TG Togolese"}
    ,{name:"Tokelau","data-alternative-spellings":"TK","data-relevancy-booster":"0.5"}
    ,{name:"Tonga","data-alternative-spellings":"TO"}
    ,{name:"Trinidad and Tobago","data-alternative-spellings":"TT"}
    ,{name:"Tunisia","data-alternative-spellings":"TN تونس"}
    ,{name:"Turkey","data-alternative-spellings":"TR Türkiye Turkiye"}
    ,{name:"Turkmenistan","data-alternative-spellings":"TM Türkmenistan"}
    ,{name:"Turks and Caicos Islands","data-alternative-spellings":"TC","data-relevancy-booster":"0.5"}
    ,{name:"Tuvalu","data-alternative-spellings":"TV","data-relevancy-booster":"0.5"}
    ,{name:"Uganda","data-alternative-spellings":"UG"}
    ,{name:"Ukraine","data-alternative-spellings":"UA Ukrayina Україна"}
    ,{name:"United Arab Emirates","data-alternative-spellings":"AE UAE الإمارات"}
    ,{name:"United Kingdom","data-alternative-spellings":"GB Great Britain England UK Wales Scotland Northern Ireland","data-relevancy-booster":"2.5"}
    ,{name:"United States","data-relevancy-booster":"3.5","data-alternative-spellings":"US USA United States of America"}
    ,{name:"United States Minor Outlying Islands","data-alternative-spellings":"UM"}
    ,{name:"Uruguay","data-alternative-spellings":"UY"}
    ,{name:"Uzbekistan","data-alternative-spellings":"UZ Ўзбекистон O'zbekstan O‘zbekiston"}
    ,{name:"Vanuatu","data-alternative-spellings":"VU"}
    ,{name:"Venezuela","data-alternative-spellings":"VE"}
    ,{name:"Vietnam","data-alternative-spellings":"VN Việt Nam","data-relevancy-booster":"1.5"}
    ,{name:"Virgin Islands,British","data-alternative-spellings":"VG","data-relevancy-booster":"0.5"}
    ,{name:"Virgin Islands,U.S.","data-alternative-spellings":"VI","data-relevancy-booster":"0.5"}
    ,{name:"Wallis and Futuna","data-alternative-spellings":"WF","data-relevancy-booster":"0.5"}
    ,{name:"Western Sahara","data-alternative-spellings":"EH لصحراء الغربية"}
    ,{name:"Yemen","data-alternative-spellings":"YE اليمن"}
    ,{name:"Zambia","data-alternative-spellings":"ZM"}
    ,{name:"Zimbabwe","data-alternative-spellings":"ZW"}
    ];

    var html = "";

    // Provide a "Select Country" leader element, but only if there is no pre-selected item. 
    // This is to prevent users who have previously selected a country from setting an empty country.
    if( !selectedElementName || selectedElementName.length < 1)
        html = '<option value="" selected="selected">Select Country</option>\n';

    json.forEach(function(element, index, array){

        var str =  '<option value="' + element.name+'"';
        if( element.name == selectedElementName )
            str += " selected ";

        var helper=function(field){
            if( typeof element[field] != "string" ) return("");
            if( element[field].length == 0 ) return("");
            return(" "+field+'="'+element[field]+'" ');
        }

        str += helper("data-alternative-spellings");
        str += helper("data-relevancy-booster");

        str += ">"+element.name+"</option>\n";

        html += str;
    })

    return(html);

}