holidays.md

Annual Holidays

GET /events/holidays.{format}

Description

This method returns a list of university holidays starting from 2012

Summary

Name	Value	Name	Value
Request Protocol	GET	Requires API Key	No
Method ID	1423	Enabled	Yes
Service Name	events	Service ID	271
Information Steward	UW API	Data Type	CSV
Update Frequency	Every year	Cache Time	0 seconds

Notes

• Any value can be null

Sources

• https://github.com/uWaterloo/Datasets/blob/master/Holidays/holidays.csv

Parameters

GET /events/holidays.{format}

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
key	filter	yes	Valid API key
callback	filter	no	JSONP callback format

Output Formats

• json
• xml
• ics

Examples

GET /events/holidays.{format}

• https://api.uwaterloo.ca/v2/events/holidays.json
• https://api.uwaterloo.ca/v2/events/holidays.xml
• https://api.uwaterloo.ca/v2/events/holidays.ics
• https://api.uwaterloo.ca/v2/events/holidays.json?callback=myResponse

Response

Field Name	Type	Value Description
name	string	Name of the holiday
date	date	Y-m-d formatted holiday date

Any value can be null

Output

JSON

{
  "meta":{
    "requests":161,
    "timestamp":1384449847,
    "status":200,
    "message":"Request successful",
    "method_id":1423,
    "version":2.07,
    "method":{
      
    }
  },
  "data":[
    {
      "name":"New Year's Day",
      "date":"2012-01-02"
    },
    {
      "name":"Family Day",
      "date":"2012-02-20"
    },
    {
      "name":"Good Friday",
      "date":"2012-04-06"
    },
    {
      "name":"Victoria Day",
      "date":"2012-05-21"
    },
    {
      "name":"Canada Day",
      "date":"2012-07-02"
    },
    {
      "name":"Civic Holiday",
      "date":"2012-08-06"
    },
    {
      "name":"Labour Day",
      "date":"2012-09-03"
    },
    {
      "name":"Thanksgiving",
      "date":"2012-10-08"
    },
    {
      "name":"Christmas",
      "date":"2012-12-25"
    },
    {
      "name":"Boxing Day",
      "date":"2012-12-26"
    },
    {
      "name":"Additional Days",
      "date":"2012-12-24"
    },
    {
      "name":"Additional Days",
      "date":"2012-12-27"
    },
    {
      "name":"Additional Days",
      "date":"2012-12-28"
    },
    {
      "name":"Additional Days",
      "date":"2012-12-31"
    },
    {
      "name":"New Year's Day",
      "date":"2013-01-01"
    },
    {
      "name":"Family Day",
      "date":"2013-02-18"
    },
    {
      "name":"Good Friday",
      "date":"2013-03-29"
    },
    {
      "name":"Victoria Day",
      "date":"2013-05-20"
    },
    {
      "name":"Canada Day",
      "date":"2013-07-01"
    },
    {
      "name":"Civic Holiday",
      "date":"2013-08-05"
    },
    {
      "name":"Labour Day",
      "date":"2013-09-02"
    },
    {
      "name":"Thanksgiving",
      "date":"2013-10-14"
    },
    {
      "name":"Christmas",
      "date":"2013-12-25"
    },
    {
      "name":"Boxing Day",
      "date":"2013-12-26"
    },
    {
      "name":"Additional Days",
      "date":"2013-12-24"
    },
    {
      "name":"Additional Days",
      "date":"2013-12-27"
    },
    {
      "name":"Additional Days",
      "date":"2013-12-30"
    },
    {
      "name":"Additional Days",
      "date":"2013-12-31"
    },
    {
      "name":"New Year's Day",
      "date":"2014-01-01"
    },
    {
      "name":"Family Day",
      "date":"2014-02-17"
    },
    {
      "name":"Good Friday",
      "date":"2014-04-18"
    },
    {
      "name":"Victoria Day",
      "date":"2014-05-19"
    },
    {
      "name":"Canada Day",
      "date":"2014-07-01"
    },
    {
      "name":"Civic Holiday",
      "date":"2014-08-04"
    },
    {
      "name":"Labour Day",
      "date":"2014-09-01"
    },
    {
      "name":"Thanksgiving",
      "date":"2014-10-13"
    },
    {
      "name":"Christmas",
      "date":"2014-12-25"
    },
    {
      "name":"Boxing Day",
      "date":"2014-12-26"
    },
    {
      "name":"Additional Days",
      "date":"2014-06-30"
    },
    {
      "name":"Additional Days",
      "date":"2014-12-24"
    },
    {
      "name":"Additional Days",
      "date":"2014-12-29"
    },
    {
      "name":"Additional Days",
      "date":"2014-12-30"
    },
    {
      "name":"Additional Days",
      "date":"2014-12-31"
    },
    {
      "name":"New Year's Day",
      "date":"2015-01-01"
    },
    {
      "name":"Family Day",
      "date":"2015-02-16"
    },
    {
      "name":"Good Friday",
      "date":"2015-04-03"
    },
    {
      "name":"Victoria Day",
      "date":"2015-05-18"
    },
    {
      "name":"Canada Day",
      "date":"2015-07-01"
    },
    {
      "name":"Civic Holiday",
      "date":"2015-08-03"
    },
    {
      "name":"Labour Day",
      "date":"2015-09-07"
    },
    {
      "name":"Thanksgiving",
      "date":"2015-10-12"
    },
    {
      "name":"Christmas",
      "date":"2015-12-25"
    },
    {
      "name":"Boxing Day",
      "date":"2015-12-28"
    },
    {
      "name":"Additional Days",
      "date":"2015-01-02"
    },
    {
      "name":"Additional Days",
      "date":"2015-12-24"
    },
    {
      "name":"Additional Days",
      "date":"2015-12-29"
    },
    {
      "name":"Additional Days",
      "date":"2015-12-30"
    },
    {
      "name":"Additional Days",
      "date":"2015-12-31"
    }
  ]
}