The Official Holiday and Event API for Python

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

Supported Python Versions

Latest version of the the Holiday and Event API supports all actively-maintained Python releases and might work with older versions. It also supports PyPy.

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

The Holiday and Event API is available on PyPI:

$ python -m pip install holiday-event-api

Example

import holidays


try:
    # Get a FREE API key from https://apilayer.com/marketplace/checkiday-api#pricing
    client = holidays.client('<Your API Key Here>')

    # Get Events for a given Date
    events = client.getEvents(
        # These parameters are the defaults but can be specified:
        # date='today',
        # timezone='America/Chicago',
        # adult=False,
    )

    event = events.events[0]
    print(f"Today is {event.name}! Find more information at: {event.url}.")
    print(f"Rate limits remaining: {events.rateLimit.remainingMonth}/{events.rateLimit.limitMonth} (month).")

    # Get Event Information
    eventInfo = client.getEventInfo(
        id=event.id,
        # These parameters can be specified to calculate the range of eventInfo.Event.Occurrences
        # start=2020,
        # end=2030,
    )

    print(f"The Event's hashtags are {eventInfo.event.hashtags}.")

    # Search for Events
    query = "pizza day"
    search = client.search(
        query=query,
        # These parameters are the defaults but can be specified:
        # adult=False,
    )

    print(f"Found {len(search.events)} events, including {search.events[0].name}, that match the query '{query}'.")
except Exception as e:
    print(f"There was an error: {e}")