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Public Holiday API

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Public Holiday API by Calendarific is a comprehensive global holiday data service covering 230+ countries and 3,000+ states and provinces, providing developers with programmatic access to national public holidays, state-level holidays, observances, and religious celebrations for any location and year. Widely regarded as one of the most complete and developer-friendly holiday APIs available, Calendarific is used by thousands of applications including payroll systems, scheduling tools, HR software, e-commerce platforms, and calendar applications that need accurate holiday data for their global or multi-country user bases.

Public Holiday API Highlights

Public Holiday API is verified for developer integrations in Nigeria and across African markets, providing documented endpoints, sandbox testing, and developer support.

Authentication

API Key

Rate Limit

1,000/month (free)

Sandbox Mode

✓ Available

Webhooks

Not verified yet

Supported Regions

Nigeria

Ghana

Kenya

Public Holiday API Services

API AccessJSON ResponsesHTTPS SecureDocumentation

Alternative African Company to

Stripe Twilio AWS

Public Holiday API is best for:

Holiday calendars, scheduling, event planning, public holidays

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API Pricing Model

Free tier:1,000 requests/month, Paid available

Public Holiday API Core Features & Capabilities

Features Included

API Access JSON Responses HTTPS Secure Documentation Sandbox Free Tier

Required Access Documents for Public Holiday API

Developer AccountRequired
Register on the Calendarific developer portal to get API credentials.
API CredentialsRequired
Obtain your API key or token from the developer dashboard to authenticate API requests.

Different Public Holiday API use cases

Nigerian Payroll Automation:Nigerian payroll software uses Calendarific to automatically identify Nigerian public holidays when calculating monthly pay periods, statutory deductions, and payment run dates ensuring payroll excludes non-working days
Multi-country Nigerian Business:Nigerian conglomerates with subsidiaries in multiple African countries use Calendarific to manage public holiday calendars across all their operating markets simultaneously, configuring country-specific holiday schedules in their ERP systems
Task and Project Scheduling:Nigerian project management platforms use Calendarific holiday data to exclude public holidays when computing task durations, setting deadline dates, and building project Gantt charts preventing deadline surprises on public holidays

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