# help.getCountriesList

Get name, ISO code, localized name and phone codes/patterns of all available countries

## Example

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

```javascript
const {Api, TelegramClient} = require('telegram');
const {StringSession} = require('telegram/sessions');

const session = new StringSession('');
const client = new TelegramClient(session, apiId, apiHash, {});

(async function run() {
    const result = await client.invoke(new Api.help.getCountriesList({
        langCode: 'random string here',
        hash: 9454367,
        }));
    console.log(result); // prints the result
})();
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="TypeScript" %}

```typescript
import {Api, TelegramClient} from 'telegram';
import {StringSession} from 'telegram/sessions';

const session = new StringSession('');
const client = new TelegramClient(session, apiId, apiHash, {});

(async function run() {
    const result: Api.help.CountriesList = await client.invoke(new Api.help.getCountriesList({
        langCode: 'random string here',
        hash: 9454367,
        }));
    console.log(result); // prints the result
})();
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

## TL schema

```
help.countriesListNotModified#93cc1f32 = help.CountriesList;
help.countriesList#87d0759e countries:Vector<help.Country> hash:int = help.CountriesList;
---functions---
help.getCountriesList#735787a8 lang_code:string hash:int = help.CountriesList;
```

## Parameters

|      Name      | Type                                            | Description                                                                                            |
| :------------: | ----------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **lang\_code** | [string](https://core.telegram.org/type/string) | Language code of the current user                                                                      |
|    **hash**    | [int](https://core.telegram.org/type/int)       | [Hash for pagination, for more info click here](https://core.telegram.org/api/offsets#hash-generation) |

## Result

[help.CountriesList](https://core.telegram.org/type/help.CountriesList)

## Possible errors

| Code | Type | Description |
| :--: | ---- | ----------- |

## Can bots use this methd ?

### yes

## Related pages

### [Pagination in the API](https://core.telegram.org/api/offsets)

How to fetch results from large lists of objects.