world-cities-mongodb

Do you want a database which contains most of cities in the world as well as the countries? This app will save 3 collections to your mongodb:

1. cities
2. states
3. countries

Why use it

• Language agnostic because it's not a lib. Consume the result database using any language you like.
• Source data from GeoNames.org is under active updates. And this app will let you update in few seconds.
• python main.py to generate the database from source data
• python update.py to update the source data from GeoNames
• Remove any fields you don't need in settings.py
• Could filter countries which only speak certain languages. (see setting.py)

Python version

• Python 3
• Python 2 should be fine, but haven't tried.

How to use

1. git clone

2. pip install uses requirements.txt

3. Open settings.py, set up your database settings.

4. python main.py

5. Enjoy :)

• To update the source data in data folder: python update.py

Folder Structure

• [data]: [Folder] Raw data from GeoNames
• [models]: [Folder] database fields for city and country
• [utils]: [Folder] Helper function
• settings.py: Settings
• main.py: Main file to generate the database
• update.py: Update the source data from GeoNames

About the data

• The data is from GeoNames.

• The cities contains cities which population greater than 500.

• How to update the data

  • python update.py