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Create Accounts/Budgets via API
Hey Are there any plans to support creation of Budgets and Accounts via the API?
- Scott Robertson
- syncforynab.com Founder
- scottrobertson
- 1 yr ago
- 1 reply
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- FanessYNAB Team1 yr ago
- API & Integrations
Sync Australian bank transactions to YNAB with Budget Feeder
Hey folks, I've recently announced the public launch of Budget Feeder for YNAB . Budget feeder connects to around 150 Australian Banks and credit cards,…
- budgetfeeder
- Sync YNAB with Australian Banks
- budgetfeeder
- 1 yr ago
- 29 replies
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- Gary1 yr ago
- API & Integrations
Side Bar Account names cutoff even while using Toolkit
Long time user of YNAB, and using the Toolkit for YNAB addon. I have the feature turned on that allows the side menu to be widened so that longer account names can be seen,…
- macattack14
- macattack
- 1 yr ago
- 8 replies
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- macattack141 yr ago
- API & Integrations
Bank to YNAB link security questions.
I understand the connection bit is implemented via Plaid's api but id like to understand more (from the lowest level engineering perspective allowed) about how transactions are shipped from a bank…
- Jon
- Silver_Boa.10
- 1 yr ago
- 1 reply
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- FanessYNAB Team1 yr ago
- API & Integrations
getting started with YNAB API in C# using RestSharp - how do I authenticate?
Anyone here have experience using RestSharp to talk to the YNAB API? I think I see how the general operations will work, but am stuck on the authentication.…
- Nerdtron
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- nerdtron
- 1 yr ago
- 2 replies
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- Powder Blue Screwdiver1 yr ago
- API & Integrations
Oh my God, We've Gone to Plaid!
Just had to say it.
- Pink Yearling
- Pink_Yearling.9
- 1 yr ago
- 4 replies
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- Spider Plant1 yr ago
- API & Integrations
PowerBI
I am trying to import my YNAB data into PowerBI using the API. Could someone post detailed instructions for how to import my data into PowerBI?
- Tomato Wildcat
- Tomato_Wildcat.3
- 2 yrs ago
- 6 replies
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- Steel Blue Chef1 yr ago
- API & Integrations
Import Transactions from Bank API Endpoint?
Is there an endpoint that performs an Import for an account? I'm not seeing anything for "accounts" on https://api.youneedabudget.com/v1
- yamlCase
- yamlCase
- 2 yrs ago
- 11 replies
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- BradyYNAB Team1 yr ago
- API & Integrations
Multiple-Currencies Using API
Realistically, I'm not going to have time to build this, so I'm submitting the idea here in the hopes that someone else will. (I'd love to win a shiny prize...…
- joefish
- joefish
- 3 yrs ago
- 13 replies
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- MatthewYNAB Support1 yr ago
- API & Integrations
I built a Menubar for YNAB! Looking for testers!
Introduction Before anything, a quick demo - [MenubarforYNAB Demo - YouTube] Highlights: This is a menubar app for MacOS Easily add a transaction Instantly update in your YNAB account Motivation I…
- Jakz Aizzat
- jakzaizzat
- 1 yr ago
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- API & Integrations
Issue with Pacing in Toolkit
I've got a number of budget items that are showing pacing issues (see screenshot) and I can't figure out why. Each one has a monthly goal that matches the budget amount and the corresponding…
- Alemap
- Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler -Albert Einstein
- alemap
- 1 yr ago
- 4 replies
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- Alemap1 yr ago
- API & Integrations
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Payee Management
It'd be nice to be able to manage payees through the API. I have a huge number of payees and I'd like to write some algorithms to de-dupe them.
- Ryan Foster
- Software Engineer at Stripe
- theorygeek
- 1 yr ago
- 4 replies
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- Ryan Foster1 yr ago
- API & Integrations
Struggling with CORS on local dev using Implicit Grant Flow under OAuth
I'm writing a local browser-based webapp in React. Following the instruction here , I am able to get a code as expected. Using the code, I am making a POST request to get an access token but…
- Orange Cheetah
- Orange_Cheetah.9
- 1 yr ago
- 1 reply
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- Chrissy1 yr ago
- API & Integrations
Using PKCE OAuth with YNAB
Hi all, The YNAB OAuth documentation recommends the Implicit Flow for OAuth applications where the client is untrusted, such as a mobile app. Unfortunately the implicit flow is less secure than the…
- sballew
- sballew
- 1 yr ago
- 1 reply
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- Chrissy1 yr ago
- API & Integrations
Integrating Monzo (UK, GBP) checking?
Hi All! I'm not a developer, but was hoping I could speak to someone with this expertise on integrating UK checking accounts. I'm an American PhD student living and studying in London, U.K.…
- Sky Blue Piano
- Sky_Blue_Piano.5
- 1 yr ago
- 1 reply
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- NicoleYNAB Support1 yr ago
- API & Integrations
Rate limiting in OAuth endpoints
Hello team YNAB, I am encountering "Too Many Requests" errors when refreshing OAuth tokens (my app batch processes currency conversions daily for all my users).…
- Rafael Millan
- rafael
- 1 yr ago
- 1 reply
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- Chrissy1 yr ago
- API & Integrations
Passing parameters to the /oauth/token endpoint
Hi. I'm using the simple-oauth2 NodeJS library to authenticate requests to your API, but I keep getting 401 responses from your /oauth/token endpoint. I'm wondering if this is caused by the fact…
- Frederik Creemers
- bigblind
- 1 yr ago
- 1 reply
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- Frederik Creemers1 yr ago
- API & Integrations
How to create a transaction with category set to "To Be Budgeted"
I am trying to use the API to create a transaction (with splits). I am trying to determine what the category id should be for the "To Be Budgeted" special category.…
- Troop75Treasurer
- Be Prepared
- troop75treasurer
- 1 yr ago
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- API & Integrations
Understanding Import_ID
Good afternoon, I am currently using Tasker to grab my credit card notifications and post the transaction to YNAB using the API. Since I also have my accounts being synced with my bank I am using…
- asfd64
- asfd64
- 1 yr ago
- 5 replies
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- Danny DeLoach1 yr ago
- API & Integrations
New real time account sync integration idea
Hello everyone. I'm a software developer and I started using YNAB a month ago. I really love YNAB. I don't really like to use the bank account sync feature because it takes my bank a day or 2 to…
- Doug Steinberg
- Slate_Blue_Koala.9
- 1 yr ago
- 3 replies
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- Troop75Treasurer1 yr ago
- API & Integrations
Import transactions from comdirect bank
Hey YNAB community, I developed a webapp that parses and imports transactions from CSV files from the german bank "comdirect". You can find the webapp here: https://khujo.github.…
- Khujo
- Powder_Blue_Display_3a5
- 1 yr ago
- 2 replies
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- Khujo1 yr ago
- API & Integrations
New Category Sweep Function
I thought I would share this little trick we used to help keep track of funds within our Boy Scout Troop. TL;DR; I created a sweep function to transfer all the available amounts from many categories…
- Troop75Treasurer
- Be Prepared
- troop75treasurer
- 1 yr ago
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- API & Integrations
Telegram bot for YNAB
About a month ago, I posted the source code of my Telegram bot and wrote an article here. I assumed that users would build their own Telegram bot from the sources and use it with their personal…
- Gray Harp
- Gray_Harp.7
- 1 yr ago
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- API & Integrations
All Accounts screen display is wacky
When I click on "All Accounts" the first column displayed is very wide & completely blank. It is also the only column displayed that I can't change the size of.…
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- Sea_Green_Sun_ccf0a561a
- 1 yr ago
- 4 replies
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- Sea Green Sun (ccf0a561a083)1 yr ago
- API & Integrations
- Answered
- Answered
Check number function with Toolkit not working
I noticed today check numbers are not showing on my account screen. I have been using the toolkit software and have "check number" activated in the settings.…
- Dave and Lisa
- Beige_Welder.3
- 1 yr ago
- 4 replies
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- Dave and Lisa1 yr ago
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