Show HN: Visalist – Find visa requirements for countries around the world

Post by 1hakr » Sun, Dec 09, 2018, 7:00 PM UTC

forthwall wrote: post #149

Super cool! I'd suggest for when you're on the page that shows you the list of countries -> fix everything besides the list, so when you scroll down all the menus and context stay in view.

Post by 1hakr » Sun, Dec 09, 2018, 7:10 PM UTC

swimfar wrote: post #122

1hakr wrote: post #102

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So i collected this manually. My plan is to add crowdsource data, so the data is maintained by the travel community. No, i'm just a digital nomad, coding his way thrugh life :)

If the data is coming from an official web page, you could make something that notifies you when the web page changes. Then you can check to see if you need to update the requirements.

Post by riantogo » Sun, Dec 09, 2018, 7:17 PM UTC

Post by 1hakr » Sun, Dec 09, 2018, 7:20 PM UTC

riantogo wrote: post #166

Impressive. I tested it for a case where Visa was required except for some edge case. And indeed the exception (which applies to me) was shown prominently in a "tips" card.

Post by chx » Sun, Dec 09, 2018, 7:28 PM UTC

_0nac wrote: post #64

Interesting, but how do you keep this up to date? These requirement change constantly and the only reliable source I'm aware of, Timatic (which is what airlines use), is copyrighted and quite tightly locked down. Wikipedia does crowdsource this info fairly effectively though, sample: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_requirements_for_Indian_c...