World Holidays API - Ruby Gem

World Holidays is a simple tool for getting the holidays of the world. It returns the holidays of the world for each day of the year.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'apiverve_worldholidays'

And then execute:

$ bundle install

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install apiverve_worldholidays

Getting Started

Get your API key at APIVerve

Basic Usage

require 'apiverve_worldholidays'

# Initialize the client
client = APIVerve::Worldholidays::Client.new(api_key: "YOUR_API_KEY")

# Make a request
response = client.execute({
  country: "US",
  year: 2026
})

# Print the response
puts response

Error Handling

begin
  response = client.execute({ country: "US", year: 2026 })
  puts response["data"]
rescue APIVerve::Worldholidays::ValidationError => e
  puts "Validation error: #{e.errors.join(', ')}"
rescue APIVerve::Worldholidays::APIError => e
  puts "API error: #{e.message}"
  puts "Status code: #{e.status_code}"
end

Debug Mode

# Enable debug logging
client = APIVerve::Worldholidays::Client.new(
  api_key: "YOUR_API_KEY",
  debug: true
)

Example Response

{
  "status": "ok",
  "error": null,
  "data": {
    "country": "US",
    "year": "2025",
    "holidays": [
      {
        "date": "2025-01-01 00:00:00",
        "start": "2025-01-01T05:00:00Z",
        "end": "2025-01-02T05:00:00Z",
        "name": "New Year's Day",
        "type": "public"
      },
      {
        "date": "2025-01-20 00:00:00",
        "start": "2025-01-20T05:00:00Z",
        "end": "2025-01-21T05:00:00Z",
        "name": "Martin Luther King Jr. Day",
        "type": "public"
      },
      {
        "date": "2025-02-14 00:00:00",
        "start": "2025-02-14T05:00:00Z",
        "end": "2025-02-15T05:00:00Z",
        "name": "Valentine's Day",
        "type": "observance"
      },
      {
        "date": "2025-02-17 00:00:00",
        "start": "2025-02-17T05:00:00Z",
        "end": "2025-02-18T05:00:00Z",
        "name": "Washington's Birthday",
        "type": "public"
      },
      {
        "date": "2025-03-17 00:00:00",
        "start": "2025-03-17T04:00:00Z",
        "end": "2025-03-18T04:00:00Z",
        "name": "St. Patrick's Day",
        "type": "observance"
      },
      {
        "date": "2025-04-15 00:00:00",
        "start": "2025-04-15T04:00:00Z",
        "end": "2025-04-16T04:00:00Z",
        "name": "Tax Day",
        "type": "observance"
      },
      {
        "date": "2025-04-20 00:00:00",
        "start": "2025-04-20T04:00:00Z",
        "end": "2025-04-21T04:00:00Z",
        "name": "Easter Sunday",
        "type": "observance"
      },
      {
        "date": "2025-04-23 00:00:00",
        "start": "2025-04-23T04:00:00Z",
        "end": "2025-04-24T04:00:00Z",
        "name": "Administrative Professionals Day",
        "type": "observance"
      },
      {
        "date": "2025-05-11 00:00:00",
        "start": "2025-05-11T04:00:00Z",
        "end": "2025-05-12T04:00:00Z",
        "name": "Mother's Day",
        "type": "observance"
      },
      {
        "date": "2025-05-26 00:00:00",
        "start": "2025-05-26T04:00:00Z",
        "end": "2025-05-27T04:00:00Z",
        "name": "Memorial Day",
        "type": "public"
      },
      {
        "date": "2025-06-15 00:00:00",
        "start": "2025-06-15T04:00:00Z",
        "end": "2025-06-16T04:00:00Z",
        "name": "Father's Day",
        "type": "observance"
      },
      {
        "date": "2025-06-19 00:00:00",
        "start": "2025-06-19T04:00:00Z",
        "end": "2025-06-20T04:00:00Z",
        "name": "Juneteenth",
        "type": "public"
      },
      {
        "date": "2025-07-04 00:00:00",
        "start": "2025-07-04T04:00:00Z",
        "end": "2025-07-05T04:00:00Z",
        "name": "Independence Day",
        "type": "public"
      },
      {
        "date": "2025-09-01 00:00:00",
        "start": "2025-09-01T04:00:00Z",
        "end": "2025-09-02T04:00:00Z",
        "name": "Labor Day",
        "type": "public"
      },
      {
        "date": "2025-10-13 00:00:00",
        "start": "2025-10-13T04:00:00Z",
        "end": "2025-10-14T04:00:00Z",
        "name": "Columbus Day",
        "type": "public"
      },
      {
        "date": "2025-10-31 18:00:00",
        "start": "2025-10-31T22:00:00Z",
        "end": "2025-11-01T04:00:00Z",
        "name": "Halloween",
        "type": "observance"
      },
      {
        "date": "2025-11-11 00:00:00",
        "start": "2025-11-11T05:00:00Z",
        "end": "2025-11-12T05:00:00Z",
        "name": "Veterans Day",
        "type": "public"
      },
      {
        "date": "2025-11-27 00:00:00",
        "start": "2025-11-27T05:00:00Z",
        "end": "2025-11-28T05:00:00Z",
        "name": "Thanksgiving Day",
        "type": "public"
      },
      {
        "date": "2025-11-28 00:00:00",
        "start": "2025-11-28T05:00:00Z",
        "end": "2025-11-29T05:00:00Z",
        "name": "Day after Thanksgiving Day",
        "type": "observance"
      },
      {
        "date": "2025-12-24 00:00:00",
        "start": "2025-12-24T05:00:00Z",
        "end": "2025-12-25T05:00:00Z",
        "name": "Christmas Eve",
        "type": "optional"
      },
      {
        "date": "2025-12-25 00:00:00",
        "start": "2025-12-25T05:00:00Z",
        "end": "2025-12-26T05:00:00Z",
        "name": "Christmas Day",
        "type": "public"
      },
      {
        "date": "2025-12-31 00:00:00",
        "start": "2025-12-31T05:00:00Z",
        "end": "2026-01-01T05:00:00Z",
        "name": "New Year's Eve",
        "type": "observance"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Documentation

For more information, visit the API Documentation.

Support

License

This gem is available under the MIT License.