Google Calendar Helper

Use Google Calendar API v3 to

• check if a date is holiday
• get holiday names of a given date

with a given list of publicly available calendars

Installation

npm install --save google-calendar-holiday

Set up your credentials and Google Calendar

Enable Google Calendar API https://developers.google.com/calendar/quickstart/nodejs

Create an API key in Credentials page

Examples

Init

const GoolgeCalendarHoliday = require('google-calendar-holiday');
const holiday = new GoolgeCalendarHoliday(
  'API_KEY',
  {
    hkHoliday: 'zh-tw.hong_kong%23holiday%40group.v.calendar.google.com',
    usHoliday: 'en.usa%23holiday%40group.v.calendar.google.com',
  },
);
// this will try to make an API call to test if the API key is valid
await holiday.init();

Check whether a date is holiday

holiday.isHoliday('2018-10-17') // true
holiday.isHoliday('2018-11-22') // true

// specify calendars
holiday.isHoliday('2018-10-17', ['hkHoliday']) // true
holiday.isHoliday('2018-11-22', ['hkHoliday']) // false

Get holiday names of a date

holiday.getHolidayNames('2018-10-17') // ['重陽節']
holiday.getHolidayNames('2018-11-22') // ['Thanksgiving Day']
holiday.getHolidayNames('2018-01-01') // ['元旦', 'New Year's Day']

// specify calendars
holiday.getHolidayNames('2018-10-17', ['hkHoliday']) // ['重陽節']
holiday.getHolidayNames('2018-11-22', ['hkHoliday']) // ['']