# GameDataKit Occasion Lookup — Upcoming Gift Occasions by Country

> GameDataKit Occasion Lookup — Upcoming Gift Occasions by Country is a paid API for AI agents from api.borisinc.com, paid per call via x402, $0.003/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Returns a list of upcoming gift-giving occasions (e.g. Christmas, Valentine's Day) for a given country, including dates, days until, and suggested order-by deadlines.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.borisinc.com/paid/util/occasion
- Price: $0.003/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/gamedatakit-occasion-lookup-upcoming-gift-occasions-by-country-df60d878
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_EaarlIDb-7pZd1EQs81cR

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 gamedatakit-occasion-lookup-upcoming-gift-occasions-by-country-df60d878
```

Example prompt: What upcoming gift occasions are there for customers in the US, and when do I need to order by to make each one?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a quick, pay-per-call lookup of upcoming gift-giving occasions with e-commerce-friendly metadata (order deadlines, days until) for a specific country, without needing to maintain an account or API key. Ideal for agents automating retail campaign planning, gift reminders, or inventory scheduling.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or unsupported country code returns empty occasions array or error
- No upcoming occasions within the lookahead window returns count of 0
- Network or payment failure returns HTTP 402 or 5xx with no data
- Malformed request (wrong HTTP method) returns 400 or 422 error

## How this service works

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## Output

A JSON object containing a count of upcoming occasions, the country code, and an array of occasion objects each with: name, date, type (e.g. gift_occasion), days_until, and suggested_order_by deadline date.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET",
      "HEAD",
      "DELETE"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {}
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "count": 3,
  "country": "US",
  "occasions": [
   {
    "date": "2026-12-25",
    "name": "Christmas",
    "type": "gift_occasion",
    "days_until": 40,
    "suggested_order_by": "2026-12-11"
   }
  ]
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/gamedatakit-occasion-lookup-upcoming-gift-occasions-by-country-df60d878/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from api.borisinc.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/api.borisinc.com/llms.txt)