{"categories":[{"label":"Python Modules","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/software-development-libraries-python-modules/14"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Fetches and caches the official UK bank holidays from GOV.UK, with support for regional divisions and English or Welsh locales.","skillfed_tags":["uk-holidays","scheduling"],"use_cases":["Determine whether a given date is a UK bank holiday in a specific region for payroll or scheduling systems","Generate lists of upcoming bank holidays for calendar or planning applications","Calculate work days by excluding bank holidays from date ranges","Build UK-aware scheduling logic that respects regional holiday differences","Provide holiday information in Welsh for bilingual UK applications"],"what_it_does":"This package provides a simple interface to retrieve UK bank holidays from the official GOV.UK source, with automatic fallback to a cached list if the network is unavailable or slow. It handles the complexity of regional variation\u2014bank holidays differ between England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland\u2014so you can query holidays for a specific division or get only those common to all regions.\n\nThe library wraps requests to fetch fresh data on demand, but also ships with a cached backup of known holidays for offline use or as a safety net. It supports both English and Welsh locales for holiday titles and notes, and provides methods to find next and previous holidays, generate series of holidays or work days, and check specific dates.","worth_installing":"Yes. The package solves a real, recurring problem (UK bank holiday lookup) with low install friction, active maintenance, no security vulnerabilities, and a permissive license. It is well-suited for any UK-based application that needs to handle holidays or work-day calculations. The regional division support and offline fallback add practical value for production use."},"id":"govuk-bank-holidays","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/govuk-bank-holidays","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/govuk-bank-holidays.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/govuk-bank-holidays/"},"maintenance":{"status":"active"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2026-02-25","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"permissive","name":"govuk-bank-holidays","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"Tool to load UK bank holidays from GOV.UK"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":262653,"position":8369,"tier":"top_15000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"0.19"}