HolidayEventApi 1.0.0

The Official Holiday and Event API for .NET

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

Supported .NET Versions

Latest version of the the Holiday and Event API supports all actively-supported .NET and .NET Framework versions.

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

$ dotnet add package HolidayEventApi

Example

using System;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace HolidayEventApi.Example
{
    class Program
    {
        static async Task Main(string[] args)
        {
            try {
                // Get a FREE API key from https://apilayer.com/marketplace/checkiday-api#pricing
                var client = new HolidayEventApi.Client("<Your API Key Here>");

                // Get Events for a given Date
                var events = await client.GetEvents(
                    // These parameters are the defaults but can be specified:
                    // date: "today",
                    // adult: false,
                    // timezone: "America/Chicago"
                );

                var e = events.Events[0];
                Console.WriteLine("Today is {0}! Find more information at: {1}", e.Name, e.Url);
                Console.WriteLine("Rate limit remaining: {0}/{1} (month).", events.RateLimit.RemainingMonth, events.RateLimit.LimitMonth);

                // Get Event Information
                var eventInfo = await client.GetEventInfo(
                    id: e.Id
                    // These parameters can be specified to calculate the range of eventInfo.Event.Occurrences
                    // start: 2020,
                    // end: 2030
                );

                Console.WriteLine("The Event's hashtags are {0}.", String.Join(", ", eventInfo.Event.Hashtags));

                // Search for Events
                var query = "pizza day";
                var search = await client.Search(
                    query: query
                    // These parameters are the defaults but can be specified:
                    // adult: false
                );

                Console.WriteLine("Found {0} events, including '{1}', that match the query '{2}'.", search.Events.Count, search.Events[0].Name, query);
            } catch (Exception e) {
                Console.WriteLine(e);
            }
        }
    }
}