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Change with Account Types
I've noticed accounts used to have types such as "mortgage" and "investmentAccount", but they're now less granular ("otherLiabilities", "otherAssets").…
- thomas_
- thomas
- 8 mths ago
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- thomas_8 mths ago
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Using IFTTT with the API
Although the YNAB API isn't listed as an official service on IFTTT currently (we're looking into that!) I wanted to demonstrate how to get IFTTT working with the new API so you can build that…
- BradyYNAB Team
- Developer
- brady_ynab
- 8 mths ago
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- BradyYNAB Team8 mths ago
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API that mimic import transactions
Hello, First I would like to congratulate you for the new API support. It feels great and open YNAB to many use-cases. Is there a way to achieve manual transaction imports from a service?…
- Eran Sakal
- eran_sakal
- 8 mths ago
- 2 replies
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- BradyYNAB Team8 mths ago
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No X-Rate-Limit header being sent?
Trying to check my current API usage, and I'm not seeing the X-Rate-Limit response header being returned (see below) - am I doing something dumb? I also don't see it when using the test features in…
- thunderkeys
- thunderkeys
- 8 mths ago
- 2 replies
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- thunderkeys8 mths ago
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API Extension Request: GET and PUT for Target Category Goal Amount
Use case: Existing goal Target Category Balance by Date for Vacation Buy airline tickets two months early because there is a deal Categorize tickets as Vacation Reduce the Goal amount by the price…
- Orange Orca (917945aedf8e)
- Orange_Orca_917945aedf8
- 8 mths ago
- 1 reply
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- Angela M8 mths ago
- API
linking categories?
Not a professional programmer but have wrote several apps over the years. What I want to do is link one or two categories to another budget. I have three budgets going.…
- Navy Blue Piranha
- Navy_Blue_Piranha.1
- 8 mths ago
- 1 reply
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- Pink Major8 mths ago
- API
Create payee
Hey What is the best way to handle this? Are there any plans to add payee creation soon? It makes it rather difficult to use the API to create transactions when we cannot create payees.
- Scott Robertson
- scottrobertson
- 1 yr ago
- 13 replies
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- BradyYNAB Team8 mths ago
- API
- Added to feature requests
- Added to feature requests
category_groups and category sorts on budgets/:id
Hi. Would it be possible to have category_groups and categories sorted (or to have a field that denotes sort position) in /v1/budgets/:id so they match whats on the web? Interestingly,…
- Will
- tayknight
- 8 mths ago
- 1 reply
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- BradyYNAB Team8 mths ago
- API
How to access list of subcategories in a master category
I can't seem to figure out how to grab a list of all the subcategories in a master category. Can someone push me in the right direction? I used the /categories/{category_id} endpoint,…
- Stephen Peck
- stephenpeck
- 8 mths ago
- 1 reply
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- BradyYNAB Team8 mths ago
- API
API Launching Publicly Tomorrow (6/19)
Hello, everybody! We wanted to let you all know just a little early that the API will be released publicly tomorrow (6/19). This section of the forum will also be made public tomorrow,…
- BenBYNAB Team
- Community Manager
- benb_YNAB
- 9 mths ago
- 2 replies
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- FanessYNAB Support8 mths ago
- API
Delta Requests and Deleted Transactions
I'm playing around with the API today and noticed that if I delete a transaction then do a delta request, the response shows account balance and category balance changes,…
- Landy Bible
- ljb2of3
- 10 mths ago
- 4 replies
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- thomas_8 mths ago
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`balance` and `cleared_balance` are not doubles and have a trailing 0
I'm currently making a request for my accounts https://api.youneedabudget.com/v1/budgets/{budget_id/accounts and I'm very confused by the amounts coming back in `balance` and `cleared_balance`.…
- Alex Hatzenbuhler
- ahatzz11
- 8 mths ago
- 2 replies
- 309
- BradyYNAB Team8 mths ago
- API
Original payee name from bank
Is there a way to get the original payee or line in the csv from the bank for a transaction?
- Silver Orca
- Silver_Orca.3
- 8 mths ago
- 6 replies
- 252
- BradyYNAB Team8 mths ago
- API
Odd POST Resource in the API
I was looking at the API today and found something odd in the POST for a transaction. Right now there is an endpoint for creating a single transaction that accepts one transaction:…
- Alex Hatzenbuhler
- ahatzz11
- 8 mths ago
- 2 replies
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- Alex Hatzenbuhler8 mths ago
- API
Wording bug in API
Hey YNAB! First, congrats on a great API. I've looked a little and I'm very excited. Second, I found a small issue in the docs - https://api.youneedabudget.…
- Alex Hatzenbuhler
- ahatzz11
- 8 mths ago
- 1 reply
- 283
- BradyYNAB Team8 mths ago
- API
Hostname mismatch
Most of the time the API works fine, but randomly it'll fail with: SSLError(CertificateError("hostname'api.youneedabudget.com' doesn't match either of 'app.youneedabudget.com', 'classic.…
- Wessel
- wessel
- 11 mths ago
- 11 replies
- 507
- BradyYNAB Team9 mths ago
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- Answered
- Answered
[Possible bug] Deleted/Old Categories showing up in /categories
I am getting a bunch of categories showing up in my response to /categories that are no longer in my budget. They are categories I formerly used (some even from my YNAB 4 budget) that no longer…
- Dillon Mulroy
- Gold_Screwdiver_dbd8e2f
- 9 mths ago
- 5 replies
- 962
- BradyYNAB Team9 mths ago
- API
- Fixed
- Fixed
Thank you for the API!
Hey YNAB team! I just wanted to thank you for opening up your API. Until today I had to enter every single transaction by hand, but thanks to you API now every transaction shows up automagically…
- Frits
- frits
- 9 mths ago
- 2 replies
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- BradyYNAB Team9 mths ago
- API
Feature Request: PUT endpoint for Categories
Hello, I would love to be able to update a category's `budgeted` amount programmatically. My use case is to detect certain payments and automatically distribute it to my budget.
- Ben Olive
- sionide21
- 9 mths ago
- 1 reply
- 372
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- AngelaYNAB Support9 mths ago
- API
- Added to feature requests
- Added to feature requests
Cannot create a new token
On the developer settings page, when I click "new token" -> "generate", a new token appears on top of the page. But when I use the token, the API shows an "Unauthorized" error.…
- Wessel
- wessel
- 9 mths ago
- 4 replies
- 430
- Wessel9 mths ago
- API
- Fixed
- Fixed
v1/budgets/:budget_id endpoint
Hi, just a couple of issues I'm having with the single budget endpoint. It seems the data.budget.categories excludes deleted categories (which is what I want),…
- thomas_
- thomas
- 9 mths ago
- 1 reply
- 310
- BradyYNAB Team9 mths ago
- API
Discrepancy on HTTP Status Code for duplicates
Your documentation states that duplicates will throw a 422 status code, but I'm seeing in my testing that it is throwing a 400 instead with the following json response...…
- Robert
- robertmiles3
- 9 mths ago
- 3 replies
- 1214
- Robert9 mths ago
- API
- Answered
- Answered
Resetting import_id's stored on account
Hello, I am testing importing transactions from Starling and have made good progress, however to continue testing I'd like to delete the imported transactions and re-import them again.…
- Navy Blue Pegasus
- Navy_Blue_Pegasus.1
- 10 mths ago
- 3 replies
- 921
- Robert9 mths ago
- API
Can we make import_id max length longer than 36 chars?
I just started testing my integration, and I'm using the Plaid service to get transactions from the bank to send over to YNAB. However, the Plaid transaction_id is 38 characters long so it's just…
- Robert
- robertmiles3
- 9 mths ago
- 2 replies
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- Robert9 mths ago
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What's up with Categories in /budgets/{budget_id}?
I noticed really weird output in /budgets/{budget_id}. What exactly is the Categories list supposed to represent? I noticed that it contains nearly 4000 entries for my budget of only a couple of…
- Landy Bible
- ljb2of3
- 10 mths ago
- 3 replies
- 276
- 1
- BradyYNAB Team10 mths ago
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