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## Frequently Asked Questions (F.A.Qs) & Answers
### Q: Thanks for this fantastic work! Do you know any open source REST HTTP API for the World Factbook?
A: Not sure I understand your question ;-). factbook.json is a REST HTTP API for the World Factbook.
For example, to request the country profile (data) for Germany (gm) using the REST HTTP API try <https://github.com/factbook/factbook.json/raw/master/europe/gm.json> and so on.
### Q: Why not just use the ISO country codes? Not a bug, a feature request.
A: The factbook has many more entities / countries than ISO and sometimes with a different definition -