Get public holidays by country and year

Query public holidays for any country and year using the apipick Public Holidays API. Supports 100+ countries identified by ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country codes....

apipick Public Holidays

Query public holidays for 100+ countries by ISO country code and year.

Endpoint

GET https://www.apipick.com/api/holidays

Authentication: x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY header required. Get a free API key at https://www.apipick.com/dashboard/api-keys

Request Parameters

Parameter	Required	Description
country	Yes	ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (e.g. US, GB, CN, DE, JP)
year	No	4-digit year (defaults to current year). Range: 1900 to current year + 10

GET /api/holidays?country=US&year=2026

Response

{
  "success": true,
  "code": 200,
  "message": "Holidays retrieved successfully",
  "data": {
    "country": "US",
    "country_name": "United States",
    "year": 2026,
    "total": 11,
    "holidays": [
      {"date": "2026-01-01", "name": "New Year's Day"},
      {"date": "2026-07-04", "name": "Independence Day"},
      {"date": "2026-12-25", "name": "Christmas Day"}
    ]
  },
  "credits_used": 1,
  "remaining_credits": 99
}

Error Codes

Code	Meaning
400	Invalid country code or year
401	Missing or invalid API key
402	Insufficient credits

Cost: 1 credit per request

Usage Pattern

1. Use $APIPICK_API_KEY env var as the x-api-key header value; if not set, ask the user for their apipick API key
2. Convert a country name to ISO code if the user provides a full name (e.g. "China" → CN, "United Kingdom" → GB)
3. Make the GET request with country and optional year
4. Present the holidays as a sorted list with dates and names

See references/api_reference.md for full response field descriptions.