main.py

# get current date (not time)
# seed a random generator from it
# pick a country from the list and return it

import random
import datetime
from fastapi import FastAPI
from fastapi.responses import PlainTextResponse

app = FastAPI()

countries = [
    {"Name": "Afghanistan", "Code": "AF"},
    {"Name": "Albania", "Code": "AL"},
    {"Name": "Algeria", "Code": "DZ"},
    {"Name": "American Samoa", "Code": "AS"},
    {"Name": "Andorra", "Code": "AD"},
    {"Name": "Angola", "Code": "AO"},
    {"Name": "Anguilla", "Code": "AI"},
    {"Name": "Antarctica", "Code": "AQ"},
    {"Name": "Antigua and Barbuda", "Code": "AG"},
    {"Name": "Argentina", "Code": "AR"},
    {"Name": "Armenia", "Code": "AM"},
    {"Name": "Aruba", "Code": "AW"},
    {"Name": "Australia", "Code": "AU"},
    {"Name": "Austria", "Code": "AT"},
    {"Name": "Azerbaijan", "Code": "AZ"},
    {"Name": "Bahamas", "Code": "BS"},
    {"Name": "Bahrain", "Code": "BH"},
    {"Name": "Bangladesh", "Code": "BD"},
    {"Name": "Barbados", "Code": "BB"},
    {"Name": "Belarus", "Code": "BY"},
    {"Name": "Belgium", "Code": "BE"},
    {"Name": "Belize", "Code": "BZ"},
    {"Name": "Benin", "Code": "BJ"},
    {"Name": "Bermuda", "Code": "BM"},
    {"Name": "Bhutan", "Code": "BT"},
    {"Name": "Bolivia, Plurinational State of", "Code": "BO"},
    {"Name": "Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba", "Code": "BQ"},
    {"Name": "Bosnia and Herzegovina", "Code": "BA"},
    {"Name": "Botswana", "Code": "BW"},
    {"Name": "Bouvet Island", "Code": "BV"},
    {"Name": "Brazil", "Code": "BR"},
    {"Name": "British Indian Ocean Territory", "Code": "IO"},
    {"Name": "Brunei Darussalam", "Code": "BN"},
    {"Name": "Bulgaria", "Code": "BG"},
    {"Name": "Burkina Faso", "Code": "BF"},
    {"Name": "Burundi", "Code": "BI"},
    {"Name": "Cambodia", "Code": "KH"},
    {"Name": "Cameroon", "Code": "CM"},
    {"Name": "Canada", "Code": "CA"},
    {"Name": "Cape Verde", "Code": "CV"},
    {"Name": "Cayman Islands", "Code": "KY"},
    {"Name": "Central African Republic", "Code": "CF"},
    {"Name": "Chad", "Code": "TD"},
    {"Name": "Chile", "Code": "CL"},
    {"Name": "China", "Code": "CN"},
    {"Name": "Christmas Island", "Code": "CX"},
    {"Name": "Cocos (Keeling) Islands", "Code": "CC"},
    {"Name": "Colombia", "Code": "CO"},
    {"Name": "Comoros", "Code": "KM"},
    {"Name": "Congo", "Code": "CG"},
    {"Name": "Congo, the Democratic Republic of the", "Code": "CD"},
    {"Name": "Cook Islands", "Code": "CK"},
    {"Name": "Costa Rica", "Code": "CR"},
    {"Name": "Croatia", "Code": "HR"},
    {"Name": "Cuba", "Code": "CU"},
    {"Name": "Curaçao", "Code": "CW"},
    {"Name": "Cyprus", "Code": "CY"},
    {"Name": "Czech Republic", "Code": "CZ"},
    {"Name": "Côte d'Ivoire", "Code": "CI"},
    {"Name": "Denmark", "Code": "DK"},
    {"Name": "Djibouti", "Code": "DJ"},
    {"Name": "Dominica", "Code": "DM"},
    {"Name": "Dominican Republic", "Code": "DO"},
    {"Name": "Ecuador", "Code": "EC"},
    {"Name": "Egypt", "Code": "EG"},
    {"Name": "El Salvador", "Code": "SV"},
    {"Name": "Equatorial Guinea", "Code": "GQ"},
    {"Name": "Eritrea", "Code": "ER"},
    {"Name": "Estonia", "Code": "EE"},
    {"Name": "Ethiopia", "Code": "ET"},
    {"Name": "Falkland Islands (Malvinas)", "Code": "FK"},
    {"Name": "Faroe Islands", "Code": "FO"},
    {"Name": "Fiji", "Code": "FJ"},
    {"Name": "Finland", "Code": "FI"},
    {"Name": "France", "Code": "FR"},
    {"Name": "French Guiana", "Code": "GF"},
    {"Name": "French Polynesia", "Code": "PF"},
    {"Name": "French Southern Territories", "Code": "TF"},
    {"Name": "Gabon", "Code": "GA"},
    {"Name": "Gambia", "Code": "GM"},
    {"Name": "Georgia", "Code": "GE"},
    {"Name": "Germany", "Code": "DE"},
    {"Name": "Ghana", "Code": "GH"},
    {"Name": "Gibraltar", "Code": "GI"},
    {"Name": "Greece", "Code": "GR"},
    {"Name": "Greenland", "Code": "GL"},
    {"Name": "Grenada", "Code": "GD"},
    {"Name": "Guadeloupe", "Code": "GP"},
    {"Name": "Guam", "Code": "GU"},
    {"Name": "Guatemala", "Code": "GT"},
    {"Name": "Guernsey", "Code": "GG"},
    {"Name": "Guinea", "Code": "GN"},
    {"Name": "Guinea-Bissau", "Code": "GW"},
    {"Name": "Guyana", "Code": "GY"},
    {"Name": "Haiti", "Code": "HT"},
    {"Name": "Heard Island and McDonald Islands", "Code": "HM"},
    {"Name": "Holy See (Vatican City State)", "Code": "VA"},
    {"Name": "Honduras", "Code": "HN"},
    {"Name": "Hong Kong", "Code": "HK"},
    {"Name": "Hungary", "Code": "HU"},
    {"Name": "Iceland", "Code": "IS"},
    {"Name": "India", "Code": "IN"},
    {"Name": "Indonesia", "Code": "ID"},
    {"Name": "Iran, Islamic Republic of", "Code": "IR"},
    {"Name": "Iraq", "Code": "IQ"},
    {"Name": "Ireland", "Code": "IE"},
    {"Name": "Isle of Man", "Code": "IM"},
    {"Name": "Israel", "Code": "IL"},
    {"Name": "Italy", "Code": "IT"},
    {"Name": "Jamaica", "Code": "JM"},
    {"Name": "Japan", "Code": "JP"},
    {"Name": "Jersey", "Code": "JE"},
    {"Name": "Jordan", "Code": "JO"},
    {"Name": "Kazakhstan", "Code": "KZ"},
    {"Name": "Kenya", "Code": "KE"},
    {"Name": "Kiribati", "Code": "KI"},
    {"Name": "Korea, Democratic People's Republic of", "Code": "KP"},
    {"Name": "Korea, Republic of", "Code": "KR"},
    {"Name": "Kuwait", "Code": "KW"},
    {"Name": "Kyrgyzstan", "Code": "KG"},
    {"Name": "Lao People's Democratic Republic", "Code": "LA"},
    {"Name": "Latvia", "Code": "LV"},
    {"Name": "Lebanon", "Code": "LB"},
    {"Name": "Lesotho", "Code": "LS"},
    {"Name": "Liberia", "Code": "LR"},
    {"Name": "Libya", "Code": "LY"},
    {"Name": "Liechtenstein", "Code": "LI"},
    {"Name": "Lithuania", "Code": "LT"},
    {"Name": "Luxembourg", "Code": "LU"},
    {"Name": "Macao", "Code": "MO"},
    {"Name": "Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of", "Code": "MK"},
    {"Name": "Madagascar", "Code": "MG"},
    {"Name": "Malawi", "Code": "MW"},
    {"Name": "Malaysia", "Code": "MY"},
    {"Name": "Maldives", "Code": "MV"},
    {"Name": "Mali", "Code": "ML"},
    {"Name": "Malta", "Code": "MT"},
    {"Name": "Marshall Islands", "Code": "MH"},
    {"Name": "Martinique", "Code": "MQ"},
    {"Name": "Mauritania", "Code": "MR"},
    {"Name": "Mauritius", "Code": "MU"},
    {"Name": "Mayotte", "Code": "YT"},
    {"Name": "Mexico", "Code": "MX"},
    {"Name": "Micronesia, Federated States of", "Code": "FM"},
    {"Name": "Moldova, Republic of", "Code": "MD"},
    {"Name": "Monaco", "Code": "MC"},
    {"Name": "Mongolia", "Code": "MN"},
    {"Name": "Montenegro", "Code": "ME"},
    {"Name": "Montserrat", "Code": "MS"},
    {"Name": "Morocco", "Code": "MA"},
    {"Name": "Mozambique", "Code": "MZ"},
    {"Name": "Myanmar", "Code": "MM"},
    {"Name": "Namibia", "Code": "NA"},
    {"Name": "Nauru", "Code": "NR"},
    {"Name": "Nepal", "Code": "NP"},
    {"Name": "Netherlands", "Code": "NL"},
    {"Name": "New Caledonia", "Code": "NC"},
    {"Name": "New Zealand", "Code": "NZ"},
    {"Name": "Nicaragua", "Code": "NI"},
    {"Name": "Niger", "Code": "NE"},
    {"Name": "Nigeria", "Code": "NG"},
    {"Name": "Niue", "Code": "NU"},
    {"Name": "Norfolk Island", "Code": "NF"},
    {"Name": "Northern Mariana Islands", "Code": "MP"},
    {"Name": "Norway", "Code": "NO"},
    {"Name": "Oman", "Code": "OM"},
    {"Name": "Pakistan", "Code": "PK"},
    {"Name": "Palau", "Code": "PW"},
    {"Name": "Palestine, State of", "Code": "PS"},
    {"Name": "Panama", "Code": "PA"},
    {"Name": "Papua New Guinea", "Code": "PG"},
    {"Name": "Paraguay", "Code": "PY"},
    {"Name": "Peru", "Code": "PE"},
    {"Name": "Philippines", "Code": "PH"},
    {"Name": "Pitcairn", "Code": "PN"},
    {"Name": "Poland", "Code": "PL"},
    {"Name": "Portugal", "Code": "PT"},
    {"Name": "Puerto Rico", "Code": "PR"},
    {"Name": "Qatar", "Code": "QA"},
    {"Name": "Romania", "Code": "RO"},
    {"Name": "Russian Federation", "Code": "RU"},
    {"Name": "Rwanda", "Code": "RW"},
    {"Name": "Réunion", "Code": "RE"},
    {"Name": "Saint Barthélemy", "Code": "BL"},
    {"Name": "Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha", "Code": "SH"},
    {"Name": "Saint Kitts and Nevis", "Code": "KN"},
    {"Name": "Saint Lucia", "Code": "LC"},
    {"Name": "Saint Martin (French part)", "Code": "MF"},
    {"Name": "Saint Pierre and Miquelon", "Code": "PM"},
    {"Name": "Saint Vincent and the Grenadines", "Code": "VC"},
    {"Name": "Samoa", "Code": "WS"},
    {"Name": "San Marino", "Code": "SM"},
    {"Name": "Sao Tome and Principe", "Code": "ST"},
    {"Name": "Saudi Arabia", "Code": "SA"},
    {"Name": "Senegal", "Code": "SN"},
    {"Name": "Serbia", "Code": "RS"},
    {"Name": "Seychelles", "Code": "SC"},
    {"Name": "Sierra Leone", "Code": "SL"},
    {"Name": "Singapore", "Code": "SG"},
    {"Name": "Sint Maarten (Dutch part)", "Code": "SX"},
    {"Name": "Slovakia", "Code": "SK"},
    {"Name": "Slovenia", "Code": "SI"},
    {"Name": "Solomon Islands", "Code": "SB"},
    {"Name": "Somalia", "Code": "SO"},
    {"Name": "South Africa", "Code": "ZA"},
    {"Name": "South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands", "Code": "GS"},
    {"Name": "South Sudan", "Code": "SS"},
    {"Name": "Spain", "Code": "ES"},
    {"Name": "Sri Lanka", "Code": "LK"},
    {"Name": "Sudan", "Code": "SD"},
    {"Name": "Suriname", "Code": "SR"},
    {"Name": "Svalbard and Jan Mayen", "Code": "SJ"},
    {"Name": "Swaziland", "Code": "SZ"},
    {"Name": "Sweden", "Code": "SE"},
    {"Name": "Switzerland", "Code": "CH"},
    {"Name": "Syrian Arab Republic", "Code": "SY"},
    {"Name": "Taiwan, Province of China", "Code": "TW"},
    {"Name": "Tajikistan", "Code": "TJ"},
    {"Name": "Tanzania, United Republic of", "Code": "TZ"},
    {"Name": "Thailand", "Code": "TH"},
    {"Name": "Timor-Leste", "Code": "TL"},
    {"Name": "Togo", "Code": "TG"},
    {"Name": "Tokelau", "Code": "TK"},
    {"Name": "Tonga", "Code": "TO"},
    {"Name": "Trinidad and Tobago", "Code": "TT"},
    {"Name": "Tunisia", "Code": "TN"},
    {"Name": "Turkey", "Code": "TR"},
    {"Name": "Turkmenistan", "Code": "TM"},
    {"Name": "Turks and Caicos Islands", "Code": "TC"},
    {"Name": "Tuvalu", "Code": "TV"},
    {"Name": "Uganda", "Code": "UG"},
    {"Name": "Ukraine", "Code": "UA"},
    {"Name": "United Arab Emirates", "Code": "AE"},
    {"Name": "United Kingdom", "Code": "GB"},
    {"Name": "United States", "Code": "US"},
    {"Name": "United States Minor Outlying Islands", "Code": "UM"},
    {"Name": "Uruguay", "Code": "UY"},
    {"Name": "Uzbekistan", "Code": "UZ"},
    {"Name": "Vanuatu", "Code": "VU"},
    {"Name": "Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of", "Code": "VE"},
    {"Name": "Viet Nam", "Code": "VN"},
    {"Name": "Virgin Islands, British", "Code": "VG"},
    {"Name": "Virgin Islands, U.S.", "Code": "VI"},
    {"Name": "Wallis and Futuna", "Code": "WF"},
    {"Name": "Western Sahara", "Code": "EH"},
    {"Name": "Yemen", "Code": "YE"},
    {"Name": "Zambia", "Code": "ZM"},
    {"Name": "Zimbabwe", "Code": "ZW"},
    {"Name": "Åland Islands", "Code": "AX"},
]

@app.get("/random", response_class=PlainTextResponse)
async def read_random():
    # use the day as a seed, so a new country gets used every day
    random.seed(datetime.date.today().isoformat())

    return f"The country of the day is: {random.choice(countries)['Name']}"