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World Data API

21 endpoints for public holidays in 100+ countries, global shopping event calendars (Black Friday, Singles Day, Prime Day), English dictionary definitions and phonetics, Nobel Prize and laureate data from the Nobel Foundation, university search across 10,000+ institutions worldwide, WHO health indicators, remote job listings, and name demographic predictions (age, gender, nationality) powered by statistical models from government records worldwide.

FREE 21 endpoints 100 req/hour
Base URL: https://nordapi.ee/api/v1

Check Holiday

GET /holidays/check
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Check whether a specific date is a public holiday in a given country. Returns holiday name and details if the date is a holiday, or confirms it is not. Supports 100+ countries. Ideal for payroll systems that need to account for public holidays, scheduling apps that should block holiday dates, and business tools that adjust deadlines around non-working days.

Parameters
country required
Country code
date required
Date
curl "https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/holidays/check?country=US&date=2026-12-25"

Next Holidays

GET /holidays/:country_code/next
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Get a list of upcoming public holidays for a specific country, starting from today. Returns holiday names, dates, and types. Perfect for countdown widgets, office planning tools, travel apps that highlight upcoming holidays at a destination, and calendar integrations that need to mark the next few holidays.

Parameters
country_code required
Country code
curl https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/holidays/US/next

Holidays by Year

GET /holidays/:country_code/:year
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Get all public holidays for a specific country and year. Returns every official holiday with name, date, and type. Useful for building annual calendar views with holidays highlighted, HR systems that calculate working days, and travel planning tools that show the full holiday schedule for a destination country in any year.

Parameters
country_code required
Country
year required
Year
curl https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/holidays/NO/2026

Country Holidays

GET /holidays/:country_code
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Get all public holidays for a specific country in the current year. A convenient shortcut that does not require specifying the year. Returns holiday names, dates, and types. Ideal for quick lookups and dashboard widgets that display this year's remaining holidays for a given country.

Parameters
country_code required
Country code
curl https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/holidays/NO

Upcoming Shopping Events

GET /shopping/upcoming
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Get the next upcoming global shopping events and sale holidays, such as Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Amazon Prime Day, Singles Day (11.11), Boxing Day, and more. Optionally filter by country for region-specific events. Useful for e-commerce platforms planning promotions, deal-tracking apps, marketing calendar tools, and retail analytics dashboards.

Parameters
country optional
Country
limit optional
Limit
curl "https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/shopping/upcoming?country=US"

Active Shopping Events

GET /shopping/active
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Check which shopping events and sales holidays are currently active right now. Returns any ongoing events with their names, start and end dates, and descriptions. Perfect for e-commerce banners that auto-display during sale events, deal aggregator apps, and marketing automation tools that trigger campaigns during active shopping periods.

Parameters
country optional
Country
curl https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/shopping/active

Check Shopping Holiday

GET /shopping/check
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Check whether today is a shopping holiday or sale event in a specific country. Returns a boolean result along with event details if active. Useful for triggering automated sale banners, sending push notifications about ongoing deals, and adjusting pricing strategies during major shopping events like Black Friday.

Parameters
country required
Country
curl "https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/shopping/check?country=US"

Shopping Categories

GET /shopping/categories
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Get all available shopping event categories (e.g., general sales, tech deals, fashion events, holiday shopping). Use this to understand how shopping events are classified and to build filtered views of shopping events by category in your application.

curl https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/shopping/categories

Shopping Calendar

GET /shopping/calendar/:year
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Get the complete calendar of shopping events and sale holidays for an entire year, across all supported countries. Returns every event with dates, descriptions, and categories. Perfect for annual marketing planning, editorial calendars, and retail strategy tools that need to see the full year of commercial events at a glance.

Parameters
year required
Year
curl https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/shopping/calendar/2026

Shopping by Country

GET /shopping/country/:code
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Get all shopping events and sale holidays specific to a particular country, including both global events (Black Friday) and country-specific ones (e.g., Boxing Day in the UK, Singles Day in China). Useful for localizing e-commerce promotions and understanding the retail calendar in specific markets.

Parameters
code required
Country
curl https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/shopping/country/US

Dictionary Lookup

GET /dictionary/:word
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Look up any English word to get its definitions, part of speech, phonetic transcription, audio pronunciation URL, synonyms, antonyms, and usage examples. Data from the Free Dictionary API. Useful for language learning apps, writing assistants, word-of-the-day features, crossword solvers, and any tool that needs programmatic access to English word definitions.

Parameters
word required
Word to look up
curl https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/dictionary/serendipity

Nobel Prizes

GET /nobel/prizes
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Browse Nobel Prize data by year and/or category (physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, peace, economics). Returns prize details including laureate names, motivations, and share amounts. Data from the official Nobel Foundation API. Useful for education platforms, history apps, scientific achievement timelines, and trivia features.

Parameters
year optional
Year
category optional
Category
curl "https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/nobel/prizes?year=2025"

Nobel Laureates

GET /nobel/laureates
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Search Nobel Prize laureates by name or birth country. Returns laureate biographies, prize categories, years awarded, and motivations. Data from the Nobel Foundation. Useful for building searchable laureate databases, country-specific Nobel winner lists, and educational tools exploring scientific and literary achievement.

Parameters
name optional
Name
country optional
Birth country
curl "https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/nobel/laureates?name=Einstein"

University Search

GET /universities/search
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Search over 10,000 universities worldwide by name or country. Returns university name, website URLs, domains, and country. Useful for building education portals, school comparison tools, university application platforms, and academic research directories. Data covers institutions across all continents with a focus on degree-granting universities.

Parameters
name optional
Name
country optional
Country
curl "https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/universities/search?country=Norway"

WHO Health Indicators

GET /health/indicators
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List all available World Health Organization health indicators, including life expectancy, infant mortality, immunization rates, disease prevalence, healthcare spending, and more. Use this endpoint to discover which health metrics are available before querying specific indicator data. Data sourced from the WHO Global Health Observatory.

curl https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/health/indicators

Health Indicator Data

GET /health/:indicator
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Get data for a specific WHO health indicator, optionally filtered by country. Returns values with year and country breakdown. Covers metrics like life expectancy, maternal mortality, vaccination coverage, disease incidence, and healthcare expenditure. Useful for global health dashboards, development research, country comparison tools, and public health reporting applications.

Parameters
indicator required
Indicator key
country optional
Country code
curl https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/health/life_expectancy

Remote Job Listings

GET /jobs/search
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Browse current remote job listings from companies hiring for remote positions. Returns job titles, company names, posting dates, and application URLs. Useful for building job boards, career pages, remote work aggregators, and employment trend analysis tools. Provides a curated feed of verified remote opportunities.

Parameters
limit optional
Limit
curl https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/jobs/search

Name Demographics (All)

GET /names/predict/:name
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Get a complete demographic prediction for any first name, combining age estimation, gender prediction, and likely nationalities into a single response. Uses statistical models trained on millions of records from government databases worldwide. Returns predicted age, gender probability, and top nationality matches. Ideal for marketing personalization, user onboarding flows, demographic research, and name-based analytics tools.

Parameters
name required
First name to analyze
curl https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/names/predict/erik

Predict Age from Name

GET /names/age/:name
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Estimate the likely age of a person based on their first name using statistical data from government records. Returns the predicted age and sample count. Names go through popularity cycles, so names popular in the 1950s suggest an older person while recently popular names suggest a younger person. Useful for demographic analysis, marketing segmentation, and user research. Data from Agify.io.

Parameters
name required
First name
curl https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/names/age/erik

Predict Gender from Name

GET /names/gender/:name
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Predict the likely gender associated with a first name using statistical data from millions of records across many countries. Returns the predicted gender and a probability score (0 to 1). Useful for personalizing user interfaces before explicit gender is provided, marketing analytics, form pre-filling, and demographic research. Data from Genderize.io.

Parameters
name required
First name
curl https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/names/gender/alex

Predict Nationality from Name

GET /names/nationality/:name
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Predict the most likely nationalities associated with a first name, ranked by probability. Returns a list of country codes with confidence scores. Different names are more common in different countries, so this can help identify the likely cultural background of a name. Useful for localization decisions, cultural personalization, genealogy tools, and demographic research. Data from Nationalize.io.

Parameters
name required
First name
curl https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/names/nationality/erik