Update app.py

app.py

@@ -157,47 +157,33 @@ def filter_by_fields(selected_country, selected_city, selected_language):
     html += "</table>"
     return html
 
-# Get the list of unique countries from existing data
-def get_country_choices():
-    with open(DATA_FILE, "r") as f:
-        data = json.load(f)
-    df = pd.DataFrame(data)
-    
-    # Check if 'Country' column exists
-    if 'Country' in df.columns:
-        country_choices = sorted(df["Country"].dropna().unique())  # Get unique countries
-    else:
-        country_choices = []  # Empty list if no country data is available
-
-    # If no countries are found, you could use a predefined list of countries (optional fallback)
-    if not country_choices:
-        country_choices = [
-            "United States", "Canada", "United Kingdom", "India", "Germany", "France",
-            "Australia", "Brazil", "Mexico", "Spain", "Italy", "China", "Russia", "Japan"
-        ]
-    
-    return country_choices
+# List of all countries in alphabetical order
+ALL_COUNTRIES = [
+    "Afghanistan", "Albania", "Algeria", "Andorra", "Angola", "Antigua and Barbuda", "Argentina", "Armenia", "Australia", "Austria",
+    "Azerbaijan", "Bahamas", "Bahrain", "Bangladesh", "Barbados", "Belarus", "Belgium", "Belize", "Benin", "Bhutan",
+    "Bolivia", "Bosnia and Herzegovina", "Botswana", "Brazil", "Brunei", "Bulgaria", "Burkina Faso", "Burundi", "Cabo Verde", "Cambodia",
+    "Cameroon", "Canada", "Central African Republic", "Chad", "Chile", "China", "Colombia", "Comoros", "Congo (Congo-Brazzaville)",
+    "Costa Rica", "Croatia", "Cuba", "Cyprus", "Czechia (Czech Republic)", "Democratic Republic of the Congo", "Denmark", "Djibouti", "Dominica",
+    "Dominican Republic", "Ecuador", "Egypt", "El Salvador", "Equatorial Guinea", "Eritrea", "Estonia", "Eswatini (fmr. "Swaziland")", "Ethiopia",
+    "Fiji", "Finland", "France", "Gabon", "Gambia", "Georgia", "Germany", "Ghana", "Greece", "Grenada",
+    "Guatemala", "Guinea", "Guinea-Bissau", "Guyana", "Haiti", "Honduras", "Hungary", "Iceland", "India", "Indonesia",
+    "Iran", "Iraq", "Ireland", "Israel", "Italy", "Jamaica", "Japan", "Jordan", "Kazakhstan", "Kenya",
+    "Kiribati", "Korea, North", "Korea, South", "Kuwait", "Kyrgyzstan", "Laos", "Latvia", "Lebanon", "Lesotho", "Liberia",
+    "Libya", "Liechtenstein", "Lithuania", "Luxembourg", "Madagascar", "Malawi", "Malaysia", "Maldives", "Mali", "Malta",
+    "Marshall Islands", "Mauritania", "Mauritius", "Mexico", "Micronesia", "Moldova", "Monaco", "Mongolia", "Montenegro", "Morocco",
+    "Mozambique", "Myanmar (formerly Burma)", "Namibia", "Nauru", "Nepal", "Netherlands", "New Zealand", "Nicaragua", "Niger", "Nigeria",
+    "North Macedonia", "Norway", "Oman", "Pakistan", "Palau", "Panama", "Papua New Guinea", "Paraguay", "Peru", "Philippines",
+    "Poland", "Portugal", "Qatar", "Romania", "Russia", "Rwanda", "Saint Kitts and Nevis", "Saint Lucia", "Saint Vincent and the Grenadines", "Samoa",
+    "San Marino", "Sao Tome and Principe", "Saudi Arabia", "Senegal", "Serbia", "Seychelles", "Sierra Leone", "Singapore", "Slovakia", "Slovenia",
+    "Solomon Islands", "Somalia", "South Africa", "South Sudan", "Spain", "Sri Lanka", "Sudan", "Suriname", "Sweden", "Switzerland",
+    "Syria", "Taiwan", "Tajikistan", "Tanzania", "Thailand", "Timor-Leste", "Togo", "Tonga", "Trinidad and Tobago", "Tunisia",
+    "Turkey", "Turkmenistan", "Tuvalu", "Uganda", "Ukraine", "United Arab Emirates", "United Kingdom", "United States of America", "Uruguay",
+    "Uzbekistan", "Vanuatu", "Vatican City", "Venezuela", "Vietnam", "Yemen", "Zambia", "Zimbabwe"
+]
 
 # Function to update the dropdown choices
 def update_dropdown_choices():
-    with open(DATA_FILE, "r") as f:
-        data = json.load(f)
-    df = pd.DataFrame(data)
-
-    country_choices = sorted(df["Country"].dropna().unique()) if "Country" in df else []
-    city_choices = sorted(df["City"].dropna().unique()) if "City" in df else []
-    language_set = set()
-    if "Languages" in df:
-        for lang_list in df["Languages"].dropna():
-            if isinstance(lang_list, list):
-                language_set.update(lang_list)
-            elif isinstance(lang_list, str):
-                language_set.update(lang_list.split(", "))
-    return (
-        gr.update(choices=["All"] + list(country_choices), value="All"),
-        gr.update(choices=["All"] + list(city_choices), value="All"),
-        gr.update(choices=["All"] + sorted(language_set), value="All")
-    )
+    return gr.update(choices=["All"] + ALL_COUNTRIES, value="All")
 
 # Setup Gradio interface
 with gr.Blocks() as demo:
@@ -210,7 +196,7 @@ with gr.Blocks() as demo:
             name = gr.Text(label="Name")
             discord = gr.Text(label="👤 Discord Username *")
             city = gr.Text(label="📍 City *")
-            country = gr.Dropdown(label="🌍 Country *", choices=get_country_choices(), value="All")  # Dropdown for Country
+            country = gr.Dropdown(label="🌍 Country *", choices=ALL_COUNTRIES, value="All")  # Dropdown for Country
             address = gr.Text(label="Address (optional)")
             looking = gr.Radio(["Yes", "No"], label="🔍 Looking for a team?")
             onlinecheck = gr.Radio(["Participate Online", "Join a Local Hackathon"], label="🚀 I will...")