# Retrieve available countries

Use the **getAvailableCountries** method to get the list of available countries for the current merchant. If the language parameter is provided, all the returned countries will be translated into that language.

## Request parameters <a href="#request-parameters" id="request-parameters"></a>

<table><thead><tr><th width="120.1334228515625">Parameter</th><th>Type / Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>sessionId</code></td><td><strong>Required (string)</strong><br>Session identifier, the output of the <strong>Login</strong> method. Include <code>sessionId</code> into all your requests. 2Checkout throws an exception if the values are incorrect. The <code>sessionId</code> expires in 10 minutes.</td></tr><tr><td><code>language</code></td><td><strong>Optional (string)</strong><br>The ISO language code (two-letter code). If the language parameter is empty, the default language will be English.</td></tr></tbody></table>

### Request sample <a href="#request-example" id="request-example"></a>

```php
class Configuration
{
    public const MERCHANT_CODE = '';
    public const MERCHANT_KEY = '';
    public const URL = 'http://api.2checkout.com/soap/6.0';
    public const ACTION = 'getAvailableCountries';
    public const ADDITIONAL_OPTIONS = null;
    public const PAYLOAD = "nl";
}

class Client
{
    public function call(
        string $url = Configuration::URL,
        $payload = Configuration::PAYLOAD,
        string $action = Configuration::ACTION
    ) {
        if (is_array($payload)) {
            $payload = json_encode($payload);
        }
        
        $soapClient = $this->getClient($url);
        $sessionId = $this->getSession($soapClient);
        $args = array_filter([$sessionId, $payload]);

        return $soapClient->$action(...$args);
    }

    public function getClient(string $url): SoapClient
    {
        return new SoapClient(
            $url.'?wsdl',
            [
                'location' => $url,
                'cache_wsdl' => WSDL_CACHE_NONE,
            ]
        );
    }

    public function getSession(SoapClient $client)
    {
        $date = gmdate('Y-m-d H:i:s');
        $merchantCode = Configuration::MERCHANT_CODE;
        $key = Configuration::MERCHANT_KEY;
        $string = strlen($merchantCode).$merchantCode.strlen($date).$date;
        $hash = hash_hmac('md5', $string, $key);
        $client->__setCookie('XDEBUG_SESSION', 'PHPSTORM');

        return $client->login($merchantCode, $date, $hash);
    }
}

try {
    $client = new Client();
    var_dump($client->call());
} catch (Exception $ex) {
    var_dump($ex);
}

```

## Response parameters <a href="#response" id="response"></a>

<table><thead><tr><th width="114.800048828125">Parameter</th><th>Type / Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>countries</code></td><td><strong>Array</strong><br>An array of country objects, mode of country code, and translated country name.</td></tr></tbody></table>

### Response sample <a href="#response-example" id="response-example"></a>

```php
[
    {
    “Code”: “AE”,
    “Label”: “Verenigde Arabische Emiraten”
},
{
    “Code”: “AF”,
    “Label”: “Afghanistan”
}
]
```


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