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-# 📊 Project: Simple API 2
-
-### Goal: Display data returned from an api
-
-### How to submit your code for review:
-
-- Fork and clone this repo
-- Create a new branch called answer
-- Checkout answer branch
-- Push to your fork
-- Issue a pull request
-- Your pull request description should contain the following:
- - (1 to 5 no 3) I completed the challenge
- - (1 to 5 no 3) I feel good about my code
- - Anything specific on which you want feedback!
-
-Example:
-```
-I completed the challenge: 5
-I feel good about my code: 4
-I'm not sure if my constructors are setup cleanly...
-```
+# 🎉🌍 Holiday & Festival Finder
+---
+Plan your adventures or relive global celebrations - anywhere, anytime! Discover national holidays, cultural festivities, and observances from **any country** and **any year** - past, present, or future.
+
+---
+
+## ✨ Features
+- 🌍 Search holidays worldwide by country
+- 📆 Choose any month and year — explore past or upcoming celebrations
+- 🎊 View each holiday’s name, description, and type
+- 🧭 Great for travelers, planners, and culture lovers
+- 🎨 Bright, festive, and responsive design that feels like a celebration itself
+
+---
+
+## 🛠️ Built With
+- **HTML5** – structure
+- **CSS3** – colorful, global-inspired festive design
+- **JavaScript** – fetches data dynamically from the Calendarific API
+
+---
+
+## 🎯 How to Use
+1. Open the app in your browser 🌐
+2. Select a country from the dropdown (complete with flags!)
+3. Enter a year and a month (1–12)
+4. View real holidays and festivities happening that month in your selected country
+
+---
+
+## 📦 Installation & Setup
+1. Clone this repository:
+
+ ```bash
+git clone https://github.com/your-username/simple-api2.git
+ ```
+
+2. Navigate into the project folder:
+
+ ```bash
+cd simple-api2
+ ```
+
+3. Open index.html in your browser.
+
+
+4. Add your Calendarific API key in main.js:
+
+---
+
+## 📸 Screenshots
+
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+---
+
+## 🤝 Contributing
+
+Contributions are welcome!
+
+If you’d like to add new features (e.g., 🗺️ interactive world map search, 📅 multi-month holiday view, 🕯️ themed visuals for each region or season), feel free to fork the repo and submit a pull request.
+
+---
+
+## 🙌🏽 Acknowledgments
+- Calendarific API – for providing reliable global holiday data
+- 💡 Inspired by wanderlust, culture, and the joy of shared celebrations across the world
+
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+ Holiday App
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+ Fun events when travelling on a budget!
+ I'm headed to...
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+
+ Afghanistan 🇦🇫
+ Angola 🇦🇴
+ Albania 🇦🇱
+ Andorra 🇦🇩
+ United Arab Emirates 🇦🇪
+ Argentina 🇦🇷
+ Armenia 🇦🇲
+ Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇬
+ Australia 🇦🇺
+ Austria 🇦🇹
+ Azerbaijan 🇦🇿
+ Burundi 🇧🇮
+ Belgium 🇧🇪
+ Benin 🇧🇯
+ Burkina Faso 🇧🇫
+ Bangladesh 🇧🇩
+ Bulgaria 🇧🇬
+ Bahrain 🇧🇭
+ Bahamas 🇧🇸
+ Bosnia and Herzegovina 🇧🇦
+ Belarus 🇧🇾
+ Belize 🇧🇿
+ Bolivia 🇧🇴
+ Brazil 🇧🇷
+ Barbados 🇧🇧
+ Brunei 🇧🇳
+ Bhutan 🇧🇹
+ Botswana 🇧🇼
+ Central African Republic 🇨🇫
+ Canada 🇨🇦
+ Switzerland 🇨🇭
+ Chile 🇨🇱
+ China 🇨🇳
+ Ivory Coast 🇨🇮
+ Cameroon 🇨🇲
+ DR Congo 🇨🇩
+ Republic of the Congo 🇨🇬
+ Colombia 🇨🇴
+ Comoros 🇰🇲
+ Cape Verde 🇨🇻
+ Costa Rica 🇨🇷
+ Cuba 🇨🇺
+ Cyprus 🇨🇾
+ Czechia 🇨🇿
+ Germany 🇩🇪
+ Djibouti 🇩🇯
+ Dominica 🇩🇲
+ Denmark 🇩🇰
+ Dominican Republic 🇩🇴
+ Algeria 🇩🇿
+ Ecuador 🇪🇨
+ Egypt 🇪🇬
+ Eritrea 🇪🇷
+ Spain 🇪🇸
+ Estonia 🇪🇪
+ Ethiopia 🇪🇹
+ Finland 🇫🇮
+ Fiji 🇫🇯
+ France 🇫🇷
+ Micronesia 🇫🇲
+ Gabon 🇬🇦
+ United Kingdom 🇬🇧
+ Georgia 🇬🇪
+ Ghana 🇬🇭
+ Guinea 🇬🇳
+ Gambia 🇬🇲
+ Guinea-Bissau 🇬🇼
+ Equatorial Guinea 🇬🇶
+ Greece 🇬🇷
+ Grenada 🇬🇩
+ Guatemala 🇬🇹
+ Guyana 🇬🇾
+ Honduras 🇭🇳
+ Croatia 🇭🇷
+ Haiti 🇭🇹
+ Hungary 🇭🇺
+ Indonesia 🇮🇩
+ India 🇮🇳
+ Ireland 🇮🇪
+ Iran 🇮🇷
+ Iraq 🇮🇶
+ Iceland 🇮🇸
+ Israel 🇮🇱
+ Italy 🇮🇹
+ Jamaica 🇯🇲
+ Jordan 🇯🇴
+ Japan 🇯🇵
+ Kazakhstan 🇰🇿
+ Kenya 🇰🇪
+ Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬
+ Cambodia 🇰🇭
+ Kiribati 🇰🇮
+ Saint Kitts and Nevis 🇰🇳
+ South Korea 🇰🇷
+ Kuwait 🇰🇼
+ Laos 🇱🇦
+ Lebanon 🇱🇧
+ Liberia 🇱🇷
+ Libya 🇱🇾
+ Saint Lucia 🇱🇨
+ Liechtenstein 🇱🇮
+ Sri Lanka 🇱🇰
+ Lesotho 🇱🇸
+ Lithuania 🇱🇹
+ Luxembourg 🇱🇺
+ Latvia 🇱🇻
+ Morocco 🇲🇦
+ Monaco 🇲🇨
+ Moldova 🇲🇩
+ Madagascar 🇲🇬
+ Maldives 🇲🇻
+ Mexico 🇲🇽
+ Marshall Islands 🇲🇭
+ Macedonia 🇲🇰
+ Mali 🇲🇱
+ Malta 🇲🇹
+ Myanmar 🇲🇲
+ Montenegro 🇲🇪
+ Mongolia 🇲🇳
+ Mozambique 🇲🇿
+ Mauritania 🇲🇷
+ Mauritius 🇲🇺
+ Malawi 🇲🇼
+ Malaysia 🇲🇾
+ Namibia 🇳🇦
+ Niger 🇳🇪
+ Nigeria 🇳🇬
+ Nicaragua 🇳🇮
+ Netherlands 🇳🇱
+ Norway 🇳🇴
+ Nepal 🇳🇵
+ Nauru 🇳🇷
+ New Zealand 🇳🇿
+ Oman 🇴🇲
+ Pakistan 🇵🇰
+ Panama 🇵🇦
+ Peru 🇵🇪
+ Philippines 🇵🇭
+ Palau 🇵🇼
+ Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬
+ Poland 🇵🇱
+ North Korea 🇰🇵
+ Portugal 🇵🇹
+ Paraguay 🇵🇾
+ Qatar 🇶🇦
+ Romania 🇷🇴
+ Russia 🇷🇺
+ Rwanda 🇷🇼
+ Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦
+ Sudan 🇸🇩
+ Senegal 🇸🇳
+ Singapore 🇸🇬
+ Solomon Islands 🇸🇧
+ Sierra Leone 🇸🇱
+ El Salvador 🇸🇻
+ San Marino 🇸🇲
+ Somalia 🇸🇴
+ Serbia 🇷🇸
+ South Sudan 🇸🇸
+ São Tomé and Príncipe 🇸🇹
+ Suriname 🇸🇷
+ Slovakia 🇸🇰
+ Slovenia 🇸🇮
+ Sweden 🇸🇪
+ Swaziland 🇸🇿
+ Seychelles 🇸🇨
+ Syria 🇸🇾
+ Chad 🇹🇩
+ Togo 🇹🇬
+ Thailand 🇹🇭
+ Tajikistan 🇹🇯
+ Turkmenistan 🇹🇲
+ Timor-Leste 🇹🇱
+ Tonga 🇹🇴
+ Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹
+ Tunisia 🇹🇳
+ Turkey 🇹🇷
+ Tuvalu 🇹🇻
+ Tanzania 🇹🇿
+ Uganda 🇺🇬
+ Ukraine 🇺🇦
+ Uruguay 🇺🇾
+ United States 🇺🇸
+ Uzbekistan 🇺🇿
+ Vatican City 🇻🇦
+ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 🇻🇨
+ Venezuela 🇻🇪
+ Vietnam 🇻🇳
+ Vanuatu 🇻🇺
+ Samoa 🇼🇸
+ Yemen 🇾🇪
+ South Africa 🇿🇦
+ Zambia 🇿🇲
+ Zimbabwe 🇿🇼
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+document.querySelector("button").addEventListener("click", getHolidayInfo);
+
+function getHolidayInfo() {
+ const apiKeyCalendarific = "9GTbnaQTkqHcxkn2DL2OVD7SzqUALwnb";
+ const countryISO = document.getElementById("country").value;
+ const year = document.getElementById("year").value;
+ const month = document.getElementById("month").value;
+
+ //calendarific api website https://calendarific.com/api-documentation
+ // include country, year and month
+
+ const url = `https://calendarific.com/api/v2/holidays?&api_key=${apiKeyCalendarific}&country=${countryISO}&year=${year}&month=${month}`;
+
+ console.log(countryISO);
+
+ fetch(url)
+ .then((res) => res.json())
+
+ .then((data) => {
+ console.log("calendarific sends info", data);
+
+ console.log("show me the data", data);
+ // maybe show data.response.holidays[0].date.iso
+ document.querySelector("h2").innerText =
+ data.response.holidays[0].description;
+ document.querySelector("p").innerText = new Date(
+ data.response.holidays[0].date.iso
+ ).toLocaleDateString();
+ // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date/toLocaleTimeString
+ document.querySelector("h4").innerText =
+ data.response.holidays[0].primary_type;
+ })
+ .catch((err) => {
+ console.error("error", err);
+ });
+}
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+/* styling created with the help of chatgpt */
+
+* {
+ box-sizing: border-box;
+ margin: 0;
+ padding: 0;
+ font-family: "Poppins", "Segoe UI", Tahoma, Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif;
+}
+
+/* main body */
+body {
+ min-height: 100vh;
+ background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffb347, #ffcc33, #ff6f61);
+ background-size: 400% 400%;
+ animation: bgShift 10s ease infinite;
+ display: flex;
+ flex-direction: column;
+ align-items: center;
+ justify-content: flex-start;
+ text-align: center;
+ padding: 30px;
+ color: #3a2e1f;
+}
+
+@keyframes bgShift {
+ 0% {
+ background-position: 0% 50%;
+ }
+ 50% {
+ background-position: 100% 50%;
+ }
+ 100% {
+ background-position: 0% 50%;
+ }
+}
+
+/* header */
+header {
+ font-size: 1.6rem;
+ font-weight: 700;
+ color: #fff;
+ background: linear-gradient(90deg, #ff7b00, #ffb300);
+ padding: 10px 20px;
+ border-radius: 25px;
+ box-shadow: 0 4px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
+ margin-bottom: 20px;
+ text-shadow: 1px 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
+}
+
+/* title */
+h1 {
+ font-size: 2rem;
+ color: #8b0000;
+ margin-bottom: 20px;
+ text-shadow: 1px 1px 2px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.6);
+}
+
+/* select + inputs */
+select,
+input {
+ margin: 10px;
+ padding: 10px 15px;
+ border-radius: 12px;
+ border: 2px solid #ff9e1b;
+ font-size: 1rem;
+ background: #fffaf2;
+ color: #5a2a00;
+ transition: all 0.3s ease;
+ box-shadow: 0 2px 6px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
+}
+
+select:hover,
+input:hover,
+select:focus,
+input:focus {
+ transform: translateY(-2px);
+ box-shadow: 0 4px 8px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15);
+ border-color: #ff6b35;
+}
+
+/* make number inputs larger and easier to read */
+input[type="number"] {
+ width: 220px; /* gives enough room for placeholder text */
+ padding: 12px 14px;
+ font-size: 1rem;
+ border: 2px solid #ff6b35;
+ border-radius: 8px;
+ margin: 10px;
+ outline: none;
+ text-align: center;
+ background-color: #fff8f0;
+ transition: all 0.3s ease;
+}
+
+input[type="number"]:focus {
+ border-color: #ffb347;
+ box-shadow: 0 0 10px rgba(255, 179, 71, 0.5);
+}
+
+/* button */
+button {
+ background: linear-gradient(90deg, #ff5f6d, #ffc371);
+ border: none;
+ border-radius: 20px;
+ color: #fff;
+ padding: 12px 25px;
+ font-size: 1.1rem;
+ cursor: pointer;
+ transition: all 0.3s ease;
+ margin: 20px 0;
+ box-shadow: 0 4px 8px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15);
+}
+
+button:hover {
+ transform: translateY(-3px) scale(1.05);
+ background: linear-gradient(90deg, #ff784e, #ffd54f);
+ box-shadow: 0 6px 12px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
+}
+
+/* output sections */
+h2,
+p,
+h4 {
+ margin-top: 15px;
+ background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.75);
+ padding: 10px 20px;
+ border-radius: 15px;
+ box-shadow: 0 3px 8px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
+ width: 80%;
+ max-width: 600px;
+}
+
+h2 {
+ color: #b22222;
+ font-weight: 600;
+}
+
+p {
+ color: #5a2a00;
+ font-size: 1rem;
+}
+
+h4 {
+ color: #ff6b35;
+ font-weight: 700;
+ letter-spacing: 0.5px;
+}
+
+/* festive animation: floating confetti dots */
+body::before {
+ content: "";
+ position: fixed;
+ top: 0;
+ left: 0;
+ width: 100%;
+ height: 100%;
+ background-image: radial-gradient(
+ circle at 10% 20%,
+ rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25) 2px,
+ transparent 2px
+ ),
+ radial-gradient(
+ circle at 80% 40%,
+ rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25) 2px,
+ transparent 2px
+ ),
+ radial-gradient(
+ circle at 30% 80%,
+ rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25) 3px,
+ transparent 3px
+ );
+ background-size: 300px 300px;
+ animation: confetti 12s linear infinite;
+ pointer-events: none;
+ z-index: 0;
+}
+
+@keyframes confetti {
+ 0% {
+ background-position: 0 0, 50px 50px, 100px 100px;
+ }
+ 100% {
+ background-position: 0 300px, 50px 350px, 100px 400px;
+ }
+}
+
+/* layer fix for content */
+header,
+h1,
+select,
+input,
+button,
+h2,
+p,
+h4 {
+ position: relative;
+ z-index: 1;
+}
+
+/* making sure it's responsive */
+@media (max-width: 600px) {
+ h1 {
+ font-size: 1.6rem;
+ }
+ button {
+ font-size: 1rem;
+ padding: 10px 20px;
+ }
+ select,
+ input {
+ width: 80%;
+ }
+}