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# Retrieve country wise states

> Retrieve country wise states



## OpenAPI

````yaml https://openapi.commercengine.io/ce-pos.json get /pos/common/countries/{country_iso_code}/states
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: CE POS APIs
  description: >-
    The consolidated Point of Sale surface. Every operation is served under the
    storefront base URL; operations tagged POSAdmin are proxied to the admin
    service by the POS backend.
  version: '1.0'
servers:
  - url: https://staging.api.commercengine.io/api/v1/{store_id}/storefront
    description: Staging Server
    variables:
      store_id:
        description: Store ID
        default: store_id
    x-speakeasy-server-id: staging
  - url: https://prod.api.commercengine.io/api/v1/{store_id}/storefront
    description: Prod Server
    variables:
      store_id:
        description: Store ID
        default: store_id
    x-speakeasy-server-id: prod
security:
  - Authorization: []
tags:
  - name: POS
    description: Operations backed by the storefront service
  - name: POSAdmin
    description: Operations proxied to the admin service
paths:
  /pos/common/countries/{country_iso_code}/states:
    get:
      tags:
        - POS
      summary: Retrieve country wise states
      description: Retrieve country wise states
      operationId: pos-list-country-states
      parameters:
        - name: country_iso_code
          in: path
          description: ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code (e.g., `IN` for India).
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
            maxLength: 2
            minLength: 2
            pattern: ^[A-Z]{2}$
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  message:
                    type: string
                  success:
                    type: boolean
                  content:
                    properties:
                      states:
                        type: array
                        items:
                          $ref: '#/components/schemas/CountryState'
                    type: object
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
      security:
        - Authorization: []
components:
  schemas:
    CountryState:
      title: CountryState
      description: Country wise states model
      type: object
      externalDocs:
        url: https://llm-docs.commercengine.io/storefront/schemas/CountryState
        description: API reference for the CountryState schema
      required:
        - name
        - iso_code
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          readOnly: true
        name:
          type: string
        iso_code:
          type: string
        gst_code:
          type: string
        state_alias:
          type: string
          readOnly: true
  responses:
    BadRequest:
      description: Bad request
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            required:
              - message
              - success
              - code
            properties:
              message:
                type: string
                x-speakeasy-error-message: true
              success:
                type: boolean
              code:
                type: string
              errors:
                type: object
    Unauthorized:
      description: Not authorized for given operation on the Resource
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            required:
              - message
              - success
              - code
            properties:
              message:
                type: string
                examples:
                  - Not authorized for given operation on the Resource.
                x-speakeasy-error-message: true
              success:
                type: boolean
                default: false
              code:
                type: string
                examples:
                  - unauthorized
    NotFound:
      description: Requested resource not found
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            required:
              - message
              - success
              - code
            properties:
              message:
                type: string
                x-speakeasy-error-message: true
              success:
                type: boolean
              code:
                type: string
  securitySchemes:
    Authorization:
      type: http
      description: Access token
      scheme: bearer

````