holidays-public

Gets public holidays within specified timeframes

How to use

1. install package

   npm install holidays-public

   or

   yarn add holidays-public

2. require in code

   import getPublicHolidays from 'holidays-public'

   or

   const { getPublicHolidays } = require('holidays-public)

3. call getPublicHolidays with the specified params - dateRange and region

Param 1: dateRange (object)

dateRange is an object with the keys 'start' and 'end'. The values should be a string with the format 'YYYY-MM-DD'

i.e. { start: '2019-08-11', end: '2019-08-18' }

If no date range is supplied, the next public holiday from today will be returned.

If the date range object does not contain a start AND end key, an empty array will be returned.

Param 2: region

region is a string. Valid regions are 'england-and-wales', 'scotland' and 'northern-ireland'. If no daterange is supplied it will default to england-and-wales.

If an invalid region is requested an empty array will be returned.

Examples

1. Get next public holiday (england-and-wales)

   const holidays = getPublicHolidays()

2. Get next public holiday for Scotland

   const holidays = getPublicHolidays(null, 'scotland')

3. Get public holidays in August 2019

   const holidays = getPublicHolidays({ start: '2019-08-01', end: '2019-08-31' }, 'northern-ireland')

   or without region (defaults to england-and-wales)

   const holidays = getPublicHolidays({ start: '2019-08-01', end: '2019-08-31' })