diff --git a/api.js b/api.js
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+/**
+ * October Today API
+ * Simple client-side API that returns the current October day count
+ */
+
+// Calculate days since October 1, 2019
+function calculateOctoberDay() {
+ const startDate = new Date(2019, 9, 1); // Month is 0-indexed, so 9 is October
+ const today = new Date();
+
+ // Calculate difference in days
+ const diffTime = Math.abs(today - startDate);
+ const diffDays = Math.floor(diffTime / (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24));
+
+ return diffDays;
+}
+
+// Set ordinal suffix (st, nd, rd, th)
+function getOrdinalSuffix(number) {
+ const j = number % 10;
+ const k = number % 100;
+
+ if (j === 1 && k !== 11) {
+ return "st";
+ }
+ if (j === 2 && k !== 12) {
+ return "nd";
+ }
+ if (j === 3 && k !== 13) {
+ return "rd";
+ }
+ return "th";
+}
+
+// Handle requests for the API
+document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {
+ // Check if this is an API request from the URL
+ const urlParams = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);
+ const isApiRequest = urlParams.get('api');
+
+ if (isApiRequest === 'json') {
+ const octoberDay = calculateOctoberDay();
+ const suffix = getOrdinalSuffix(octoberDay);
+
+ // Create the response object
+ const response = {
+ day: octoberDay,
+ ordinal: suffix,
+ formatted: `${octoberDay}${suffix}`,
+ text: `happy october ${octoberDay}${suffix}`
+ };
+
+ // Display as JSON and prevent normal page rendering
+ document.body.innerHTML = `${JSON.stringify(response, null, 2)}`;
+ document.body.style.fontFamily = 'monospace';
+ document.body.style.padding = '20px';
+ document.body.style.backgroundColor = '#f5f5f5';
+ }
+});
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