When using our provided data sources, you can specify additional parameters. These parameters allow you, for example, to set the language in which the country names are displayed. Depending on the selected data source, different parameters are available to you.
In the article Using data sources and parameters, we demonstrate how to configure data sources with practical examples.
With the Country names data source you can include country names automatically as options for selection elements in your form.
Enter region as the key parameter and one of the values listed below as the value to narrow down the countries displayed.
Values for the region parameter: |
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| Value | Meaning | |||
| global | All countries worldwide | |||
| emea | Europe, Middle East and Africa | |||
| apac | Asia-Pacific | |||
| australia | Australasia | |||
| north-america | North America | |||
| south-america | South America | |||
| central-america | Central America | |||
| asia | Asia | |||
| africa | Africa | |||
| oceania | Oceania | |||
| europe | Europe | |||
| eu | Member States of the European Union | |||
| dach | Austria, Germany and Switzerland | |||
| efta | Member States of the European Free Trade Association | |||
| zip | All countries whose postcodes (zip codes) can be validated by the postcode validator. | |||
The lang parameter allows you to specify the language in which country names are displayed.
Enter lang as the key parameter and one of the values listed below as the value to specify the language.
Values for the lang parameter: |
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| Values | Meaning | |||
| de | German | |||
| en | English | |||
| es | Spanish | |||
| fr | French | |||
| it | Italian | |||
| ru | Russian | |||
With the chars parameter, you can enable autocomplete in the input field, displaying dynamic suggestions once users have entered a specified number of characters.
Set chars as the key and define the number of characters required for suggestions to appear. For instance, setting the value to 3 will show all countries that start with the first three letters entered.
The Weekdays data source generates a list of weekdays.
The weekdays data source generates a list of weekdays. The first parameter allows you to specify which day of the week appears first in the list.
Enter first as the key parameter and one of the values listed below as the value to specify the first day of the list.
Values for the first parameter: |
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| Value | Meaning | |||
| mon | Monday | |||
| tue | Tuesday | |||
| wed | Wednesday | |||
| thu | Thursday | |||
| fri | Friday | |||
| sat | Saturday | |||
| sun | Sunday | |||
