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zaref.dev South African School Terms
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zaref.dev South African School Terms is a paid API for AI agents from zaref.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-17).
Returns official South African DBE public school term dates as clean, cited JSON with source URL, effective date, and freshness flag.
Price / call$0.005
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How this service works
South African School terms (DBE public school term dates.) Clean cited JSON with official source URL, effective date and freshness flag.
Output
A JSON object containing South African DBE public school term dates for the current or upcoming academic year, including start and end dates for each term, the official source URL, an effective date, and a freshness flag indicating whether the data is current.
Example use cases
Example prompt
“What are the current South African public school term dates according to the Department of Basic Education? I need the official DBE schedule with the source and whether the data is up to date.”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://zaref.dev/v1/school-terms?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Use this endpoint when you need official, machine-readable South African public school term dates backed by a cited government source. Prefer this over scraping DBE's website or using general education APIs that may not cover South Africa specifically. The freshness flag and source URL make it especially useful for compliance or time-sensitive scheduling tasks.
Side effects
- Service unavailable or timeout if the upstream zaref.dev API is down
- Stale data if DBE has updated term dates but the freshness flag has not yet been refreshed
- No historical term data if a past year is requested (not supported by this endpoint)
- Payment failure if the x402 micropayment of $0.002 USDC is not fulfilled
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| properties | string |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"data": "current values with citations",
"stale": false,
"series": "school-terms",
"source_url": "https://www.education.gov.za/portals/0/documents/publications/2025/Published%202026%20School%20Calendar.pdf",
"effective_date": "2026-01-14"
}
}Tags
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