How to convert country names to ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 values, using python
There is a module called pycountry. Here’s an example code: import pycountry input_countries = [‘American Samoa’, ‘Canada’, ‘France’] countries = {} for country in pycountry.countries: countries[country.name] = country.alpha_2 codes = [countries.get(country, ‘Unknown code’) for country in input_countries] print(codes) # prints [‘AS’, ‘CA’, ‘FR’]