holiday-event-api

The Official Holiday and Event API for JavaScript/TypeScript

Industry-leading Holiday and Event API for JavaScript/TypeScript. Over 5,000 holidays and thousands of descriptions. Trusted by the World’s leading companies. Built by developers for developers since 2011.

Authentication

Access to the Holiday and Event API requires an API Key. You can get for one for FREE here, no credit card required! Note that free plans are limited. To access more data and have more requests, a paid plan is required.

Installation

npm install --save holiday-event-api

Example Usage

Authentication

Simply construct an instance of Holidays and pass your API Key like this:

import { Holidays } from 'holiday-event-api';

// Get a FREE API key from https://apilayer.com/marketplace/checkiday-api#pricing
const api = new Holidays({ apiKey: '<Your API Key Here>' });

Example Project

You can find a fully-functioning example project here.

Get Events

Get all events for a specified date.

const response = await api.getEvents({
  // Date to get the events for.
  // (Optional, defaults to today.)
  date: '5/5/2025',
  // IANA Time Zone for calculating dates and times.
  // (Optional, defaults to America/Chicago.)
  timezone: 'America/New_York',
  // Include events that may be unsafe for viewing at work or by children.
  // (Optional, defaults to false.)
  adult: true,
});

Example response (some events removed to save space):

{
    "timezone": "America/New_York",
    "date": "05/05/2025",
    "adult": true,
    "events": [
        {
            "id": "b80630ae75c35f34c0526173dd999cfc",
            "name": "Cinco de Mayo",
            "url": "https://www.checkiday.com/b80630ae75c35f34c0526173dd999cfc/cinco-de-mayo"
        },
        {
            "id": "346052f12d9209ef2119f45565a47279",
            "name": "Totally Chipotle Day",
            "url": "https://www.checkiday.com/346052f12d9209ef2119f45565a47279/totally-chipotle-day"
        }
    ],
    "multiday_starting": [
        {
            "id": "b9321bf3ce70e98fb385cb03d2f0cac4",
            "name": "Teacher Appreciation Week",
            "url": "https://www.checkiday.com/b9321bf3ce70e98fb385cb03d2f0cac4/teacher-appreciation-week"
        }
    ],
    "multiday_ongoing": [
        {
            "id": "676cd91e31adcacd0a505117d2c4a842",
            "name": "Be Kind to Animals Week",
            "url": "https://www.checkiday.com/676cd91e31adcacd0a505117d2c4a842/be-kind-to-animals-week"
        },
        {
            "id": "9cc82cc56178ba41f120381a4d6e5213",
            "name": "Syringomyelia Awareness Month",
            "url": "https://www.checkiday.com/9cc82cc56178ba41f120381a4d6e5213/syringomyelia-awareness-month"
        }
    ],
    "rateLimit": {
        "limitMonth": 100,
        "remainingMonth": 88
    }
}

Search For Events

Search for events with a specified query.

const response = await api.search({
  // The search query. Must be at least 3 characters long.
  query: 'zucchini',
  // Include events that may be unsafe for viewing at work or by children.
  // (Optional, defaults to false.)
  adult: true,
});

Example response:

{
    "query": "zucchini",
    "adult": true,
    "events": [
        {
            "id": "cc81cbd8730098456f85f69798cbc867",
            "name": "National Zucchini Bread Day",
            "url": "https://www.checkiday.com/cc81cbd8730098456f85f69798cbc867/national-zucchini-bread-day"
        },
        {
            "id": "778e08321fc0ca4ec38fbf507c0e6c26",
            "name": "National Zucchini Day",
            "url": "https://www.checkiday.com/778e08321fc0ca4ec38fbf507c0e6c26/national-zucchini-day"
        },
        {
            "id": "61363236f06e4eb8e4e14e5925c2503d",
            "name": "Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor's Porch Day",
            "url": "https://www.checkiday.com/61363236f06e4eb8e4e14e5925c2503d/sneak-some-zucchini-onto-your-neighbors-porch-day"
        }
    ],
    "rateLimit": {
        "limitMonth": 100,
        "remainingMonth": 88
    }
}

Get Event Information

Get additional information for an Event.

const response = await api.getEventInfo({
  // The ID of the requested Event.
  id: 'f90b893ea04939d7456f30c54f68d7b4',
  // The starting range of returned occurrences.
  // (Optional, defaults to 2 years prior.)
  start: 2001,
  // The ending range of returned occurrences.
  // (Optional, defaults to 3 years in the future.)
  end: 2003,
});

Example response (some strings shortened to save space):

{
    "event": {
        "id": "f90b893ea04939d7456f30c54f68d7b4",
        "name": "International Cat Day",
        "alternate_names": [],
        "adult": false,
        "url": "https://www.checkiday.com/f90b893ea04939d7456f30c54f68d7b4/international-cat-day",
        "hashtags": [
            "InternationalCatDay",
            "CatDay"
        ],
        "image": {
            "small": "https://static.checkiday.com/img/300/kittens-555822.jpg",
            "medium": "https://static.checkiday.com/img/600/kittens-555822.jpg",
            "large": "https://static.checkiday.com/img/1200/kittens-555822.jpg"
        },
        "sources": [
            "https://www.ibtimes.com/international-cat-day-2014-cat-lovers-worldwide-celebrate-feline-obsession-1653614",
            "https://www.ifaw.org/united-states/news/ifaw-marks-international-cat-day"
        ],
        "founders": [
            {
                "name": "International Fund For Animal Welfare",
                "url": "https://www.ifaw.org/",
                "date": "2002"
            }
        ],
        "description": {
            "text": "International Cat Day celebrates love for cats...",
            "html": "<p>International Cat Day celebrates love for cats...",
            "markdown": "International Cat Day celebrates love for cats..."
        },
        "how_to_observe": {
            "text": "Spend the day playing with your cat...",
            "html": "<p>Spend the day playing with your cat...",
            "markdown": "Spend the day playing with your cat..."
        },
        "patterns": [
            {
                "first_year": 2002,
                "last_year": null,
                "observed": "annually on August 8th",
                "observed_html": "annually on <a href=\"https://www.checkiday.com/8/8\">August 8th</a>",
                "observed_markdown": "annually on [August 8th](https://www.checkiday.com/8/8)",
                "length": 1
            }
        ],
        "tags": [
            {
                "name": "Pets & Animals"
            }
        ],
        "occurrences": [
            {
                "date": "08/08/2002",
                "length": 1
            },
            {
                "date": "08/08/2003",
                "length": 1
            }
        ]
    },
    "rateLimit": {
        "limitMonth": 100,
        "remainingMonth": 88
    }
}

License

The Holiday and Event API is made available under the MIT License (MIT). Please see the License File for more information.