mirror-bahai-date-api

Baháʼí Date RESTful API

So far, there are two endpoints for this API:

GET /today

Returns today's date according to the Baháʼí/Badí' calendar.

POST /date

Given a date from the Gregorian calendar defined via POST data, returns the corresponding date in the Baháʼí calendar.

Running

To launch the API server, simply navigate to the main folder and type npm start.

Examples

From either endpoint, the output is returned in a similar format: a JSON object containing a message, a Baháʼí calendar date, and a Gregorian date/time.

Today

URL: localhost:1844/today

{
    "message": "Today is 13 Masá’il 174",
    "badi_date": {
        "year": 174,
        "month": 14,
        "day": 13,
        "month_name": "Masá’il"
    },
    "greg_date": {
        "year": 2017,
        "month": 12,
        "day": 5,
        "hour": 23,
        "minute": 19,
        "second": 12
    }
}

May 23, 1844

URL: localhost:1844/date?year=1844&month=5&day=23&hour=20&minute=45

Output:

{
    "message": "The date is: 9 ‘Aẓamat 1",
    "badi_date": {
        "year": 1,
        "month": 3,
        "day": 9,
        "month_name": "‘Aẓamat"
    },
    "greg_date": {
        "year": 1844,
        "month": 5,
        "day": 23,
        "hour": 20,
        "minute": 45,
        "second": 0
    }
}

February 15, 2014

URL: localhost:1844/date?year=2014&month=2&day=15&hour=13&minute=45

Output:

{
    "message": "The date is: 10 Mulk 170",
    "badi_date": {
        "year": 170,
        "month": 17,
        "day": 10,
        "month_name": "Mulk"
    },
    "greg_date": {
        "year": 2014,
        "month": 2,
        "day": 15,
        "hour": 13,
        "minute": 45,
        "second": 0
    }
}