IMPORTANT NOTE: THE BEHAVIOR BELOW IS DEPRECATED
In order to communicate with the Holiday Web Service via REST, the url of the web method must be according to these guidelines.
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The name of the method is followed by a '?' and then the parameters separated by '&'.
Ex. https://www.hawaii.edu/its/ws/holiday/rest/closest?date=2012-01-01&isObserved=true
Supported methods:
For all methods that require the full date the format must be yyyy-MM-dd, even if the day or month is a single digit it must be preceded by a 0, Ex. 01, 02, etc.
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exists(date, isObserved, type) - Returns whether the given date is a holiday or not.
Ex. https://www.hawaii.edu/its/ws/holiday/rest/exists?date=2012-01-02&isObserved=true&type=Federal
closest(date, searchForward, isObserved, type) - Returns the closest holiday to the given date.
Ex. https://www.hawaii.edu/its/ws/holiday/rest/closest?date=2012-01-10&searchForward=true
inMonth(month, year, isObserved, type) - Returns all holidays within the given month. The year parameter is optional and will default to the current year if not specified.
Ex. https://www.hawaii.edu/its/ws/holiday/rest/inMonth?month=03&type=state
inYear(year, isObserved, type) - Returns all holidays within the given year.
Ex. https://www.hawaii.edu/its/ws/holiday/rest/inYear?year=2012
inRange(beginDate, endDate, includeStartAndEnd, isObserved, type) - Returns all holidays within the range.
Ex. https://www.hawaii.edu/its/ws/holiday/rest/inRange?beginDate=2012-01-27&endDate=2012-06-29&includeStartAndEnd=true