# Creating a new Holiday

This endpoint returns structured Holiday objects.
As with all Kantata OX API endpoints, the returned data will be referenced in sorted order in the results array
and will be indexed by ID in the holidays top-level JSON key.
Please see our Response Format section for more information.

Endpoint: POST /holidays
Version: 1.0.0

## Query parameters:

  - `include` (string)
    Any of the below associations can be included in your request by providing the include param, e.g. include=association1,association2.
- holiday_calendar_associations (HolidayCalendarAssociation) - The Holiday Calendar Associations for this Holiday.

  - `optional_fields` (array)
    Allows you to request one or more optional fields as an array.
    Enum: "calendar_names_list"

## Request fields (application/json):

  - `holiday` (object)

  - `holiday.name` (string, required)
    The name of the holiday.

  - `holiday.start_date` (string, required)
    The date the holiday begins. The date must be in [ISO 8601](https://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime) format.

  - `holiday.end_date` (string)
    The date the holiday ends. The date must be in [ISO 8601](https://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime) format.

  - `holiday.paid` (boolean)
    Whether this time range is considered paid time off.

  - `holiday.holiday_calendar_ids` (integer)
    The calendars to which this holiday belongs.

## Response 200 fields (application/json):

  - `count` (integer)

  - `meta` (object)

  - `meta.count` (integer)

  - `meta.page_count` (integer)

  - `meta.page_number` (integer)

  - `meta.page_size` (integer)

  - `results` (array)

  - `results.key` (string)

  - `results.id` (string)

  - `holidays` (object)

  - `holiday_calendar_associations` (object)

## Response 400 fields (application/json):

  - `errors` (array)

  - `errors.type` (string)

  - `errors.message` (string)