Abstract API — Holidays

holidays.abstractapi.com · Developer Tools

Developer Tools API Key Free Tier Holidays Calendar Localization

Public and national holidays for 200+ countries via Abstract API. Includes holiday name, date, type, and localized description. Free tier: 1,000 requests/month.

Authentication

API Key Free API key at abstractapi.com. Pass as ?api_key= query parameter.

Sample Requests

GET Get country holidays

Get US holidays in December 2026.

https://holidays.abstractapi.com/v1?year=2026&month=12&api_key=YOUR_KEY&country=US

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curl -X GET "https://holidays.abstractapi.com/v1/?year=2026&month=12&api_key=YOUR_KEY&country=US"

import requests
params = {
    "year": "2026",
    "month": "12",
    "api_key": "YOUR_KEY",
    "country": "US"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://holidays.abstractapi.com/v1/",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://holidays.abstractapi.com/v1/');
url.searchParams.set('year', '2026');
url.searchParams.set('month', '12');
url.searchParams.set('api_key', 'YOUR_KEY');
url.searchParams.set('country', 'US');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://holidays.abstractapi.com/v1/")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("year", "2026")
	q.Set("month", "12")
	q.Set("api_key", "YOUR_KEY")
	q.Set("country", "US")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://holidays.abstractapi.com/v1/")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "year" => "2026",
  "month" => "12",
  "api_key" => "YOUR_KEY",
  "country" => "US"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://holidays.abstractapi.com/v1/?" . http_build_query([
    "year" => "2026",
    "month" => "12",
    "api_key" => "YOUR_KEY",
    "country" => "US"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

Postman Setup Guide

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Get a free API key at abstractapi.com/holidays-api
Pass api_key=YOUR_KEY as query param
GET /?api_key=KEY&country=GB&year=2026 — all UK holidays in 2026
Add &month=3 to filter by month
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