GET /capital/{capital}restcountries.com:rest-countries-api
Find a country by its capital city name. Searches for countries where the specified string matches (case-insensitive) the capital city. Works with partial matches. Useful for reverse lookups when you know a capital but not the country, or for quiz/trivia applications.
Get the country that has a specific capital city.
- Partial matching works: "london" finds United Kingdom - Case-insensitive - Most capitals return a single country, but some names may match multiple territories - Works with spaces: "Washington, D.C." or "Mexico City"
(string, path, required)
Capital city name
(string, query, optional)
Comma-separated list of fields to include (max 10 fields)
| Title | Type | URL | Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| Search by capital city | openapi-spec |
https://restcountries.com/v3.1/capital/london |
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| Search by capital city | openapi-spec |
https://restcountries.com/v3.1/capital/Berlin |
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| Get country by capital city | openapi-spec |
https://restcountries.com/v3/capital/berlin |
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| Search countries by capital city | openapi-spec |
https://restcountries.com/v3.1/capital/paris |
| Time | Status | Latency | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-23 10:30:24.139407 | 200 | 342ms | |
| 2026-03-23 09:44:03.161575 | 200 | 386ms | |
| 2026-03-23 09:39:31.433685 | 200 | 315ms | |
| 2026-03-23 09:31:22.075888 | 200 | 306ms |
| When | Old | New |
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| 2026-03-23 09:39:31.433685 | 398d64d2703b |
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| 2026-03-23 09:44:03.161575 | ba24fff20123 |
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| 2026-03-23 10:30:24.139407 | e380a04b810a |
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