Havdalah time not returning in API call.
Sometimes the API is not returning all the values (shabbat times). For example click on the link provided below. It is not displaying the havdalah time.
Example API url:
http://www.hebcal.com/shabbat/?cfg=json&m=20&b=20&geonameid=6693679
API response:
stdClass Object
( [title] => Modiin, Central District, Israel [items] => Array ( [0] => stdClass Object ( [category] => holiday [memo] => The Jewish festival of rededication, also known as the Festival of Lights [date] => 2015-12-07T16:55:00+02:00 [link] => http://www.hebcal.com/holidays/chanukah [hebrew] => חנוכה: ב׳ נרות [title] => Chanukah: 2 Candles: 4:55pm ) [1] => stdClass Object ( [title] => Chanukah: 3 Candles: 4:55pm [category] => holiday [memo] => The Jewish festival of rededication, also known as the Festival of Lights [date] => 2015-12-08T16:55:00+02:00 [hebrew] => חנוכה: ג׳ נרות [link] => http://www.hebcal.com/holidays/chanukah ) [2] => stdClass Object ( [title] => Chanukah: 4 Candles: 4:55pm [category] => holiday [memo] => The Jewish festival of rededication, also known as the Festival of Lights [date] => 2015-12-09T16:55:00+02:00 [hebrew] => חנוכה: ד׳ נרות [link] => http://www.hebcal.com/holidays/chanukah ) [3] => stdClass Object ( [memo] => The Jewish festival of rededication, also known as the Festival of Lights [category] => holiday [date] => 2015-12-10T16:56:00+02:00 [hebrew] => חנוכה: ה׳ נרות [link] => http://www.hebcal.com/holidays/chanukah [title] => Chanukah: 5 Candles: 4:56pm ) [4] => stdClass Object ( [memo] => The Jewish festival of rededication, also known as the Festival of Lights [date] => 2015-12-11T16:16:00+02:00 [category] => holiday [hebrew] => חנוכה: ו׳ נרות [link] => http://www.hebcal.com/holidays/chanukah [title] => Chanukah: 6 Candles: 4:16pm ) [5] => stdClass Object ( [hebrew] => הדלקת נרות [category] => candles [date] => 2015-12-11T16:16:00+02:00 [title] => Candle lighting: 4:16pm ) [6] => stdClass Object ( [title] => Parashat Miketz [category] => parashat [date] => 2015-12-12 [hebrew] => פרשת מקץ [link] => http://www.hebcal.com/sedrot/miketz [leyning] => stdClass Object ( [8] => Numbers 28:9 - 28:15 | Shabbat Rosh Chodesh Chanukah [3] => Genesis 41:39 - 41:52 [7] => Genesis 43:30 - 44:17 [maftir] => Numbers 7:42 - 7:47 | Shabbat Rosh Chodesh Chanukah [6] => Genesis 43:16 - 43:29 [haftarah] => Zechariah 2:14-4:7 | Shabbat Rosh Chodesh Chanukah [1] => Genesis 41:1 - 41:14 [torah] => Genesis 41:1 - 44:17 [4] => Genesis 41:53 - 42:18 [5] => Genesis 42:19 - 43:15 [2] => Genesis 41:15 - 41:38 ) ) [7] => stdClass Object ( [title] => Rosh Chodesh Tevet [link] => http://www.hebcal.com/holidays/rosh-chodesh-tevet [hebrew] => ראש חודש טבת [category] => holiday [memo] => Beginning of new Hebrew month of Tevet [date] => 2015-12-12 ) [8] => stdClass Object ( [title] => Chanukah: 7 Candles: 4:56pm [hebrew] => חנוכה: ז׳ נרות [link] => http://www.hebcal.com/holidays/chanukah [date] => 2015-12-12T16:56:00+02:00 [memo] => The Jewish festival of rededication, also known as the Festival of Lights [category] => holiday ) ) [date] => 2015-12-07T09:11:07-00:00 [link] => http://www.hebcal.com/shabbat/?m=20;b=20;geonameid=6693679;maj=on;min=on;mod=on;mf=on;ss=on;nx=on;c=on;i=on;geo=geoname [location] => stdClass Object ( [latitude] => 31.89825 [country] => Israel [geonameid] => 6693679 [city] => Modiin [tzid] => Asia/Jerusalem [title] => Modiin, Central District, Israel [longitude] => 35.01051 [admin1] => Central District [geo] => geoname ) )
Answer
Hi, thanks for the feedback.
We've made changes to how our API works and Chanukah candle-lighting times will no longer suppress regular Shabbat/Havdalah times. Here's an example to illustrate how the API now behaves (with 2 events on Friday night and 2 events on Saturday night).
http://www.hebcal.com/shabbat/?cfg=json&m=20&b=20&geonameid=6693679&gy=2015&gm=12&gd=12
{
"title": "Chanukah: 7 Candles",
"date": "2015-12-12T16:56:00+02:00",
"category": "holiday",
"subcat": "major",
"hebrew": "חנוכה: ז׳ נרות",
"leyning": {
"7": "Numbers 28:9 - 28:15",
"haftarah": "Zechariah 2:14-4:7",
"maftir": "Numbers 7:42 - 7:47"
},
"link": "https://www.hebcal.com/holidays/chanukah-2015?i=on&utm_source=js&utm_medium=api",
"memo": "Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication. Also known as the Festival of Lights"
},
{
"title": "Havdalah (20 min): 16:56",
"date": "2015-12-12T16:56:00+02:00",
"category": "havdalah",
"title_orig": "Havdalah",
"hebrew": "הבדלה (20 דקות)"
},
Customer support service by UserEcho
Hi, thanks for the feedback.
We've made changes to how our API works and Chanukah candle-lighting times will no longer suppress regular Shabbat/Havdalah times. Here's an example to illustrate how the API now behaves (with 2 events on Friday night and 2 events on Saturday night).
http://www.hebcal.com/shabbat/?cfg=json&m=20&b=20&geonameid=6693679&gy=2015&gm=12&gd=12
{
"title": "Chanukah: 7 Candles",
"date": "2015-12-12T16:56:00+02:00",
"category": "holiday",
"subcat": "major",
"hebrew": "חנוכה: ז׳ נרות",
"leyning": {
"7": "Numbers 28:9 - 28:15",
"haftarah": "Zechariah 2:14-4:7",
"maftir": "Numbers 7:42 - 7:47"
},
"link": "https://www.hebcal.com/holidays/chanukah-2015?i=on&utm_source=js&utm_medium=api",
"memo": "Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication. Also known as the Festival of Lights"
},
{
"title": "Havdalah (20 min): 16:56",
"date": "2015-12-12T16:56:00+02:00",
"category": "havdalah",
"title_orig": "Havdalah",
"hebrew": "הבדלה (20 דקות)"
},