# asiaref Working Days API

> asiaref Working Days API is a paid API for AI agents from asiaref.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns the count of working days (non-holiday business days) for Asian countries, with official public holiday data sourced from authoritative government references for India, Japan, South Korea, Philippines, and Singapore.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://asiaref.dev/v1/answers/working-days
- Price: $0.005/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/asiaref-working-days-api-938b6545
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_rS93gvgA6J_uYHLP7O3Wh

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability asiaref-working-days-api-938b6545
```

Example prompt: How many working days are there in India (IN) this month? I need the official figure with source citation so I can verify it against the government gazette.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need authoritative, citation-backed working day or public holiday data for Asian countries (India, Japan, South Korea, Philippines, Singapore) with traceability to official government sources. Prefer it over generic calendar APIs when legal or financial compliance requires verified primary-source citations and staleness indicators. Ideal for payroll, project planning, and regulatory workflows where accuracy and auditability matter.

## Known failure modes

- Unsupported country code returns an error — only IN, JP, KR, PH, SG are covered
- Missing or malformed query parameters may return a 400 bad request
- Data staleness flag set to true if official source has not been recently confirmed
- Rate limit or payment failure (x402) returns 402 Payment Required
- Upstream government source changes may cause temporary data gaps

## How this service works

Authoritative Asian government reference values as clean JSON: central-bank policy rates, VAT rates, national minimum wages and public holidays for India (in), Japan (jp), South Korea (kr), Philippines (ph), Singapore (sg). Every value carries a citation to its official primary source (government gazette or central-bank statement), an effective date, a last-confirmed date and a staleness flag.

## Output

A JSON object containing the working days figure for the requested country, with a unit field, the series identifier ('working-days'), country code, effective_from date, last_confirmed date, a staleness boolean flag, and a source object containing the official government or central-bank URL and publication name. Also includes a disclaimer noting the service is independent and not government-affiliated.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "properties": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "unit": "percent",
  "notes": "MPC voted unanimously on 2025-12-05 to cut the repo rate 25bp to 5.25% with immediate effect, retaining a neutral stance. Rate corridor: Standing Deposit Facility 5.00%, Marginal Standing Facility and Bank Rate 5.50%. Held at 5.25% through the February 4-6, April 6-8 and June 3-5, 2026 MPC meetings (June 5, 2026 statement: unchanged, neutral stance; FY27 CPI projection raised to 5.1%). rbi.org.in homepage rate ticker confirmed 5.25% 'as at 1.00pm of July 20, 2026'. Next scheduled review: August 2026.",
  "stale": false,
  "value": 5.25,
  "series": "policy-rate",
  "source": {
   "url": "https://www.rbi.org.in/Scripts/BS_PressReleaseDisplay.aspx?prid=61749",
   "name": "Reserve Bank of India, Monetary Policy Statement 2025-26 — Resolution of the Monetary Policy Committee (58th meeting, December 3-5, 2025), press release of 5 December 2025"
  },
  "country": "IN",
  "disclaimer": "Independent service, not affiliated with any government. Verify against the cited official source before legal or financial use.",
  "effective_from": "2025-12-05",
  "last_confirmed": "2026-07-20"
 }
}
```

## More

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