# Business Days & Public Holidays Calendar - 200+ Countries (`loopchips/business-days-holidays`) Actor

A working calendar you can compute with. Every date in a range marked as weekend, holiday or business day, with a running business-day count. Holiday names in English and the local language. Over 200 countries.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/loopchips/business-days-holidays.md
- **Developed by:** [Loopchips](https://apify.com/loopchips) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation, E-commerce, Travel
- **Features:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

$1.00 / 1,000 calendar days

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Business Days & Public Holidays Calendar

A working calendar you can compute with, for over 200 countries.

Most holiday datasets give you a list of dates. This one gives you every date in
your range, marked as weekend, holiday or business day, with a running
business-day count. That is what "deliver within 3 working days" actually needs.

### What you get

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `date` / `weekday` | The day |
| `isWeekend` / `isHoliday` / `isBusinessDay` | The three flags you filter on |
| `businessDayNumber` | Running count of working days from the start of the range |
| `holidayName` | Holiday in English |
| `holidayLocalName` | Holiday in the local language |
| `holidayType` | Public, bank, optional and so on |
| `nationwide` / `regions` | Whether it applies everywhere, and where if not |

### Example input

```json
{
  "countries": ["KR", "US"],
  "startDate": "2026-09-01",
  "endDate": "2026-10-15",
  "weekendDays": [0, 6]
}
```

Set `weekendDays` to `[5, 6]` for countries where the weekend is Friday and
Saturday. Set `onlyHolidays` to true if you just want the holiday dates.

### Example output

```json
{
  "country": "KR",
  "date": "2026-09-24",
  "weekday": "Thursday",
  "isWeekend": false,
  "isHoliday": true,
  "isBusinessDay": false,
  "businessDayNumber": null,
  "holidayName": "Chuseok",
  "holidayLocalName": "추석"
}
```

### What people use it for

- **Delivery and SLA promises** - what date is three working days from now
- **Cross-border operations** - Korea and the US on the same calendar, side by side
- **Payroll and billing cycles** - working days per month, per country
- **Campaign planning** - long weekends and holiday clusters spotted in advance

### Pricing

Pay per result. One row per date per country, or only the holidays if you
choose that.

### Notes

- Holiday dates come from the Nager.Date public holiday database.
- Regional holidays are marked with the regions they apply to, so you can decide
  whether they count for your operation.

# Actor input Schema

## `countries` (type: `array`):

Two-letter country codes, for example KR, US, JP, DE. Over 200 are supported.

## `startDate` (type: `string`):

YYYY-MM-DD. Defaults to 1 January of the current year.

## `endDate` (type: `string`):

YYYY-MM-DD. Defaults to 31 December of the current year.

## `weekendDays` (type: `array`):

Which weekdays count as weekend. 0 is Sunday and 6 is Saturday. Use \[5,6] for Friday and Saturday weekends.

## `onlyHolidays` (type: `boolean`):

Return just the holiday dates instead of every date in the range.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "countries": [
    "KR",
    "US"
  ],
  "weekendDays": [
    0,
    6
  ],
  "onlyHolidays": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `calendar` (type: `string`):

One row per date, marked as weekend, holiday or business day.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "countries": [
        "KR",
        "US"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("loopchips/business-days-holidays").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "countries": [
        "KR",
        "US",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("loopchips/business-days-holidays").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "countries": [
    "KR",
    "US"
  ]
}' |
apify call loopchips/business-days-holidays --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,loopchips/business-days-holidays"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/JVVmEJYi3HfSPoCYh/builds/u5lG6b0pTbpYEv7r6/openapi.json