From ec5bd25c8dd2a48a260a4ce1d67290ad3c521c0c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Kaul <4159106+dtslvr@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2026 13:22:55 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Refactor country code logic

---
 apps/api/src/helper/country.helper.ts | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 apps/api/src/helper/country.helper.ts

diff --git a/apps/api/src/helper/country.helper.ts b/apps/api/src/helper/country.helper.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9d14d8778
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/api/src/helper/country.helper.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import { countries } from 'countries-list';
+
+export function getCountryCodeByName({
+  aliases = {},
+  name
+}: {
+  aliases?: Record<string, string>;
+  name: string;
+}): string {
+  for (const [code, country] of Object.entries(countries)) {
+    if (country.name === name || country.name === aliases[name]) {
+      return code;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return undefined;
+}