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Is Apipick Public Holidays free to use?

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Who published Apipick Public Holidays?

johnalbertini14-glitch (@johnalbertini14-glitch) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Apipick Public Holidays by johnalbertini14-glitch

Name: Apipick Public Holidays
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: johnalbertini14-glitch

Apipick Public Holidays

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. Returns a sorted list of holidays with dates and official names. Use when the user wants to find public holidays for a country, check if a specific date is a holiday, list all national holidays for a given year, or plan around holidays in any country. Requires an apipick API key (x-api-key). Get a free key at https://www.apipick.com.

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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

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

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

---name: apipick-public-holidaysdescription: 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. Returns a sorted list of holidays with dates and official names. Use when the user wants to find public holidays for a country, check if a specific date is a holiday, list all national holidays for a given year, or plan around holidays in any country. Requires an apipick API key (x-api-key). Get a free key at https://www.apipick.com.--- # 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 | ```bash GET /api/holidays?country=US&year=2026 ``` ## Response ```json { "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](references/api_reference.md) for full response field descriptions.

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