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Changing exchange rate before payment is finalized: What is the best practice to handle it?
What is the best practice to handle changing exchange rate for purchases in foreign currency? I end up getting duplicated transaction with almost the same amount that I have to clean up by hand.…
- Yon Yonson
- yonyonson
- 7 mths ago
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- API & Integrations
Lightest way to get server_knowledge for a budget
Hello, to know if there’ve been updates in a user budget since the last time my app was used I’m using the server_knowledge number. As far as I can see there’s no specific endpoint to get this.…
- David Hernando
- Developer
- davidhernando
- 7 mths ago
- 2 replies
- 43
- David Hernando7 mths ago
- API & Integrations
/months/{month} does not return server knowledge
Hi, in the release notes from June 27 it’s mentioned that `/months/{month}` returns server knlowedge. But in my tests it is not returning it. Only `/months`endpoint is. Could you confirm? BR David
- David Hernando
- Developer
- davidhernando
- 7 mths ago
- 1 reply
- 33
- BradyYNAB Team7 mths ago
- API & Integrations
Toolkit question - report images slipped down
Hello all. So in the toolkit some of my pie charts are fine and others have slipped down the page and I can't see them. (Yes, I have tried scrolling! 😉 The only way I can get them to reappear is to…
- lindsay_g
- Beige_Banjo.3
- 8 mths ago
- 9 replies
- 199
- FanessYNAB Support7 mths ago
- API & Integrations
Newbie - unsure of syntax and getting an error with no error code
I am not coding my API but using a "fill in the blank" API tool. The form is asking me for these three URLs from YNAB's API: Login dialog redirect Access token endpoint User profile endpoint I…
- Powder Blue Admiral
- Powder_Blue_Admiral.4
- 8 mths ago
- 6 replies
- 88
- BradyYNAB Team7 mths ago
- API & Integrations
New Toolkit report?
This is a mess, Not sure what it tells me. What does your look like? It's under toolkit reports, income break down.
- MsTJ
- YNAB has given me back my future
- Believer_in_YNAb
- 7 mths ago
- 9 replies
- 279
- MsTJ7 mths ago
- API & Integrations
- Answered
- Answered
YNAB not matching against some transactions entered by API
Love the API. One of the things I have done is that I have a service I wrote that periodically scans my email account looking for certain emails and does things like enter taskss in my todo and I…
- dalewking
- dalewking
- 11 mths ago
- 8 replies
- 121
- BradyYNAB Team7 mths ago
- API & Integrations
YNAB starter kit in .Net Core 2.2
Hey All, I put together a sample project in .net core 2.2 that you can guys can use as a base for your own .net core project. It successfully implements the OAuth middleware and saves the tokens in…
- _Will_
- Will
- 1 yr ago
- 5 replies
- 144
- Purple Trombone7 mths ago
- API & Integrations
How do you receive access token for API request using OAuth and Node?
I am building a framework for a node.js app using Express and am having trouble with receiving my access_token. I successfully send the user to retrieve the authorization code, log in,…
- Jared Blumer
- Developer
- jaredblumer
- 7 mths ago
- 6 replies
- 134
- Jared Blumer7 mths ago
- API & Integrations
Write to scheduled transactions?
I have debt payment snowball spreadsheet in a Google Docs sheet that I am attempting to integrate with YNAB through the API and Google Apps script. For each debt payment in YNAB I have a scheduled…
- FiftyAndBroke
- fiftyandbroke
- 1 yr ago
- 8 replies
- 697
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- ChrissyYNAB Support7 mths ago
- API & Integrations
Toolkit: Stealing From Future Alert issue
When I get the red SFTF alert and I fix the overspend by moving funds into the overspent category, the red alert remains in the header until I refresh the budget page.
- Superbone
- YNAB convert since 2008
- Superbone
- 8 mths ago
- 211
- API & Integrations
Invalid UUIDs for Transaction Ids
I noticed that when requesting a list of transactions for a given budget using the endpoint api.youneedabudget.com/v1/budgets/<budgetid>/transactions, I'm getting back invalid UUIDs for some of the…
- Blue Trumpet (c258b29b3776)
- Blue_Trumpet_c258b29b37
- 1 yr ago
- 3 replies
- 260
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- BradyYNAB Team8 mths ago
- API & Integrations
What's the deal with milliunits ?
Ok, i've finally figured out how to use the API to automatically import YNAB transactions into Excel. I've just noticed that amounts are in milliunits?…
- Magenta Piranha
- Magenta_Piranha.2
- 8 mths ago
- 3 replies
- 126
- Magenta Piranha8 mths ago
- API & Integrations
Transaction list missing Category Groups
Hey guys, i'm trying to make API results mirror YNAB CSV export option. When I compare the two I see that the results from the API doesn't have all the same fields available that the CSV export does…
- Magenta Piranha
- Magenta_Piranha.2
- 8 mths ago
- 1 reply
- 60
- Magenta Piranha8 mths ago
- API & Integrations
Create New User accounts
Hey! No idea if this is feasible at all, but I have found myself in a place where I help a lot of people put budgets together. I have created a process to walk through helping them get their…
- Trey Corple
- Sales Engineer
- Treygec
- 8 mths ago
- 2 replies
- 78
- Trey Corple8 mths ago
- API & Integrations
YNAB Function Trigger Fail
My triggers in Google script fails and every time it throws an error. Is there some other way to trigger it successfully? Thanks!
- Gray Horse
- Gray_Horse.5
- 8 mths ago
- 1 reply
- 60
- ChrissyYNAB Support8 mths ago
- API & Integrations
Use-case: “File import”-compatible bulk import script
Hi all, first things first: YASS, an YNAB API! After years of waiting, it's like magic! TL;DR: it's hard to do bulk import that's compatible with the existing file import. --- So.…
- Zoltán Nagy
- Blue_Memory.1
- 2 yrs ago
- 10 replies
- 1,524
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- BradyYNAB Team8 mths ago
- API & Integrations
- Added to feature requests
- Added to feature requests
Api to import ofx?
My bank allow to download daily transaction statements which I convert to ofx. Now, is there a way to either via api tout import the ofx file like I the UI or at least be able to select multiple…
- Cyan Transistor
- Cyan_Transistor.8
- 9 mths ago
- 5 replies
- 126
- BradyYNAB Team8 mths ago
- API & Integrations
Connect using PHP
Has anyone successfully connected using PHP? I am pretty green when it comes to APIs in general. I code primarily using PHP and am curious if I could get an example how how to connect to this API.…
- JDCollector
- JDCollector
- 8 mths ago
- 4 replies
- 66
- JDCollector8 mths ago
- API & Integrations
How do I modify the starter kit once I have it installed?
I may be in over my head here with the API, but I wanted to try to write an application for my own use to summarize the goals that I've created in YNAB.…
- Chalkins Dad
- ynaberforlife
- 8 mths ago
- 48
- API & Integrations
Api 400 error
Hey guys - Im trying to make my own api integration in order to bypass the fact i can't add my own bank account due to being european. Anyhow - im getting the following error messege - and i'm not…
- Purple Screwdiver
- Purple_Screwdiver.4
- 10 mths ago
- 3 replies
- 81
- BradyYNAB Team8 mths ago
- API & Integrations
Which fields need to be set in an "Update Transaction" request?
Hi - I'm trying to write some code to update the memo of a transaction. So I retrieve the transaction through the API, modify some fields, and then post it back.…
- Beige Thunder
- Beige_Thunder.6
- 9 mths ago
- 3 replies
- 50
- BradyYNAB Team8 mths ago
- API & Integrations
API limits per token?
Are API limits calculated per access token, or just per IP? If I have an oauth application and have a back end server that's interacting with the API, I could see myself hitting the API limits…
- Landy Bible
- ljb2of3
- 8 mths ago
- 1 reply
- 42
- BradyYNAB Team8 mths ago
- API & Integrations
Can't Update Goals via API
So I'm trying to issue an HTTP request to the API to update goals and I keep getting a 200 OK message, but none of the goal fields I tried to update are updating.…
- Gustavo Poscidonio
- gposcidonio
- 11 mths ago
- 5 replies
- 88
- Slate Blue Sander8 mths ago
- API & Integrations
Farewell
Friends, my tenure at YNAB has come to an end. I have nothing but unmitigated affection for YNAB and the wonderful people it comprises. I will miss the people most about this job.…
- George
- Developer
- george_ynab
- 9 mths ago
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