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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
- 161
- 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
- 82
- 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
- 98
- 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
- 284
- 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
- 74
- Sea Green Sun (ccf0a561a083)1 yr ago
- API & Integrations
- Answered
- Answered
API endpoint to import available transactions from linked banks
I am building an app to trigger notifications if you have more than a certain number of transactions to import. For example, the app would check everyday for transactions to available to import from…
- MoMo
- Cyan_Wildebeest.5
- 1 yr ago
- 9 replies
- 260
- BradyYNAB Team1 yr ago
- API & Integrations
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
- 278
- Dave and Lisa1 yr ago
- API & Integrations
Is there any way to determine if an account is linked or not?
I'm not seeing a flag for this in the account information currently. I'm currently scanning for transactions with an "import_id" but that seems a little unreliable. Anyone have any recommendations?
- Blue Guitar
- Blue_Guitar.2
- 1 yr ago
- 16
- API & Integrations
API endpoint for transaction upload
Hi! My bank doesn't have an external API and so I'm uploading transactions manually. I'm working on a script to grab the data (in Quicken OFX format) from my bank but it appears that there's no API…
- Turquoise Wrench
- Turquoise_Wrench.11
- 1 yr ago
- 1 reply
- 161
- Chrissy1 yr ago
- API & Integrations
Apple Card - import via OFX
I am new to YNAB and noticed that there were a couple of closed threads (such as https://support.youneedabudget.com/t/637wmy/will-ynab-support-apple-card ) with folks asking about Apple Card and…
- Cornflower Blue Hail
- Cornflower_Blue_Hail.9
- 1 yr ago
- 3 replies
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- Tulliandar1 yr ago
- API & Integrations
YNAB Clipper Card import
Hey friends! I've just finished writing a script that will import your transactions from your Clipper Card account (for SF bay area public transit). I like to treat my Clipper Card as a separate…
- Timothy J. Aveni
- tim
- 1 yr ago
- 3 replies
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- Aquamarine Commander1 yr ago
- API & Integrations
Notes field won't update in Category Patch Endpoint
Hi, I have been trying to get the category patch endpoint to work with "notes" in the data field. It will take them and not give an error, but nothing is written or saved when I go to the UI.…
- Trey Corple
- Sales Engineer
- Treygec
- 1 yr ago
- 6 replies
- 47
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- Chrissy1 yr ago
- API & Integrations
A YNAB Savings Widget
My favorite feature in YNAB is setting savings goals, but I was disappointed that you can't view all of your goal targets in one place, so I built this feature using YNAB's open API (tech talk for a…
- Jared Blumer
- Developer
- jaredblumer
- 1 yr ago
- 11 replies
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- Ceeses1 yr ago
- API & Integrations
How long until refresh tokens expire?
Is anyone aware of how long a a refresh_token will remain valid for (still allow the server to request new access_tokens)? I couldn't see any indication of this in the YNAB API docs.
- Felix Terpstra
- felixterpstra
- 1 yr ago
- 4 replies
- 220
- Felix Terpstra1 yr ago
- API & Integrations
Dates Different between UI and API?
I noticed that when fetching a budget from /v1/budgets/ that the dates for the transaction objects seem to be the "transaction date", while in the UI the transactions have their posted dates.…
- Sudeep Y
- sudeepy
- 1 yr ago
- 5 replies
- 340
- Chrissy1 yr ago
- API & Integrations
API help - Category ID for "to-be budgeted"
Hi, I can not get the category ID for "to-be budgeted" category. so I could not auto entry my transaction through API for my incomes. Please help me to find the category ID for "to-be budgeted"
- Forest Green Stallion
- Forest_Green_Stallion.6
- 1 yr ago
- 1 reply
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- Chrissy1 yr ago
- API & Integrations
Deep linking to a specific transaction in iOS app?
I'm developing an iOS app, and one feature requires that I create new transactions in YNAB, and then store the created transaction ID for posterity. For tracking purposes and managing those POSTed…
- Gray Hail
- Gray_Hail.5
- 1 yr ago
- 29
- API & Integrations
Splitwise + YNAB via Zapier?
Hello, I'd love to have all my splitwise transactions in ynab but from what I understand there are no good automated solutions for it so far. I noticed that ynab + zapier solution was announced…
- Forest Green Falafel
- Forest_Green_Falafel.3
- 1 yr ago
- 9 replies
- 496
- Casey F1 yr ago
- API & Integrations
Changes to Accounts screen
Help! Suddenly my Accounts screen has changed. There's a wide column on the left that's unlabelled but takes up a lot of space. It includes the flag, "i,…
- Sky Blue Transistor
- Sky_Blue_Transistor
- 1 yr ago
- 1 reply
- 164
- MatthewYNAB Support1 yr ago
- API & Integrations
500 (Internal Server Error) when creating multiple transactions
Hi there, I'm trying to create transactions via the API, but I receive a 500 error (Internal Server Error). From some experimentation, I receive an error when the request contains multiple…
- Cyan Trumpet
- Cyan_Trumpet.6
- 1 yr ago
- 7 replies
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- Cyan Trumpet1 yr ago
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