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HLEDGER-WEB(1) hledger User Manuals HLEDGER-WEB(1)
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NAME
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hledger-web is a web interface (WUI) for the hledger accounting tool.
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This manual is for hledger-web 1.23.99.
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SYNOPSIS
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hledger-web [OPTIONS]
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hledger web -- [OPTIONS]
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DESCRIPTION
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hledger is a reliable, cross-platform set of programs for tracking
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money, time, or any other commodity, using double-entry accounting and
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a simple, editable file format. hledger is inspired by and largely
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compatible with ledger(1).
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hledger-web is hledger's web interface. It starts a simple web appli-
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cation for browsing and adding transactions, and optionally opens it in
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a web browser window if possible. It provides a more user-friendly UI
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than the hledger CLI or hledger-ui interface, showing more at once
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(accounts, the current account register, balance charts) and allowing
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history-aware data entry, interactive searching, and bookmarking.
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hledger-web also lets you share a ledger with multiple users, or even
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the public web. There is no access control, so if you need that you
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should put it behind a suitable web proxy. As a small protection
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against data loss when running an unprotected instance, it writes a
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numbered backup of the main journal file (only ?) on every edit.
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Like hledger, it reads data from one or more files in hledger journal,
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timeclock, timedot, or CSV format specified with -f, or $LEDGER_FILE,
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or $HOME/.hledger.journal (on windows, perhaps
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C:/Users/USER/.hledger.journal). For more about this see hledger(1).
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OPTIONS
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Command-line options and arguments may be used to set an initial filter
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on the data. These filter options are not shown in the web UI, but it
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will be applied in addition to any search query entered there.
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Note: if invoking hledger-web as a hledger subcommand, write -- before
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options, as shown in the synopsis above.
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--serve
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serve and log requests, don't browse or auto-exit
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--serve-api
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like --serve, but serve only the JSON web API, without the
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server-side web UI
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--host=IPADDR
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listen on this IP address (default: 127.0.0.1)
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--port=PORT
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listen on this TCP port (default: 5000)
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--socket=SOCKETFILE
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use a unix domain socket file to listen for requests instead of
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a TCP socket. Implies --serve. It can only be used if the
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operating system can provide this type of socket.
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--base-url=URL
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set the base url (default: http://IPADDR:PORT). You would
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change this when sharing over the network, or integrating within
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a larger website.
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--file-url=URL
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set the static files url (default: BASEURL/static). hledger-web
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normally serves static files itself, but if you wanted to serve
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them from another server for efficiency, you would set the url
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with this.
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--capabilities=CAP[,CAP..]
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enable the view, add, and/or manage capabilities (default:
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view,add)
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--capabilities-header=HTTPHEADER
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read capabilities to enable from a HTTP header, like X-Sand-
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storm-Permissions (default: disabled)
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--test run hledger-web's tests and exit. hspec test runner args may
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follow a --, eg: hledger-web --test -- --help
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hledger input options:
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-f FILE --file=FILE
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use a different input file. For stdin, use - (default:
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$LEDGER_FILE or $HOME/.hledger.journal)
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--rules-file=RULESFILE
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Conversion rules file to use when reading CSV (default:
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FILE.rules)
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--separator=CHAR
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Field separator to expect when reading CSV (default: ',')
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--alias=OLD=NEW
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rename accounts named OLD to NEW
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--anon anonymize accounts and payees
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--pivot FIELDNAME
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use some other field or tag for the account name
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-I --ignore-assertions
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disable balance assertion checks (note: does not disable balance
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assignments)
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-s --strict
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do extra error checking (check that all posted accounts are
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declared)
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hledger reporting options:
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-b --begin=DATE
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include postings/txns on or after this date (will be adjusted to
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preceding subperiod start when using a report interval)
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-e --end=DATE
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include postings/txns before this date (will be adjusted to fol-
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lowing subperiod end when using a report interval)
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-D --daily
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multiperiod/multicolumn report by day
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-W --weekly
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multiperiod/multicolumn report by week
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-M --monthly
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multiperiod/multicolumn report by month
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-Q --quarterly
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multiperiod/multicolumn report by quarter
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-Y --yearly
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multiperiod/multicolumn report by year
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-p --period=PERIODEXP
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set start date, end date, and/or reporting interval all at once
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using period expressions syntax
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--date2
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match the secondary date instead (see command help for other
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effects)
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--today=DATE
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override today's date (affects relative smart dates, for
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tests/examples)
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-U --unmarked
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include only unmarked postings/txns (can combine with -P or -C)
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-P --pending
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include only pending postings/txns
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-C --cleared
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include only cleared postings/txns
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-R --real
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include only non-virtual postings
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-NUM --depth=NUM
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hide/aggregate accounts or postings more than NUM levels deep
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-E --empty
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show items with zero amount, normally hidden (and vice-versa in
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hledger-ui/hledger-web)
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-B --cost
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convert amounts to their cost/selling amount at transaction time
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-V --market
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convert amounts to their market value in default valuation com-
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modities
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-X --exchange=COMM
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convert amounts to their market value in commodity COMM
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--value
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convert amounts to cost or market value, more flexibly than
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-B/-V/-X
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--infer-market-prices
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use transaction prices (recorded with @ or @@) as additional
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market prices, as if they were P directives
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--auto apply automated posting rules to modify transactions.
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--forecast
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generate future transactions from periodic transaction rules,
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for the next 6 months or till report end date. In hledger-ui,
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also make ordinary future transactions visible.
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--commodity-style
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Override the commodity style in the output for the specified
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commodity. For example 'EUR1.000,00'.
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--color=WHEN (or --colour=WHEN)
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Should color-supporting commands use ANSI color codes in text
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output. 'auto' (default): whenever stdout seems to be a color-
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supporting terminal. 'always' or 'yes': always, useful eg when
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piping output into 'less -R'. 'never' or 'no': never. A
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NO_COLOR environment variable overrides this.
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--pretty[=WHEN]
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Show prettier output, e.g. using unicode box-drawing charac-
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ters. Accepts 'yes' (the default) or 'no' ('y', 'n', 'always',
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'never' also work). If you provide an argument you must use
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'=', e.g. '--pretty=yes'.
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When a reporting option appears more than once in the command line, the
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last one takes precedence.
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Some reporting options can also be written as query arguments.
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hledger help options:
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-h --help
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show general or COMMAND help
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--man show general or COMMAND user manual with man
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--info show general or COMMAND user manual with info
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--version
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show general or ADDONCMD version
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--debug[=N]
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show debug output (levels 1-9, default: 1)
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A @FILE argument will be expanded to the contents of FILE, which should
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contain one command line option/argument per line. (To prevent this,
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insert a -- argument before.)
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By default, hledger-web starts the web app in "transient mode" and also
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opens it in your default web browser if possible. In this mode the web
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app will keep running for as long as you have it open in a browser win-
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dow, and will exit after two minutes of inactivity (no requests and no
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browser windows viewing it). With --serve, it just runs the web app
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without exiting, and logs requests to the console. With --serve-api,
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only the JSON web api (see below) is served, with the usual HTML
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server-side web UI disabled.
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By default the server listens on IP address 127.0.0.1, accessible only
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to local requests. You can use --host to change this, eg --host
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0.0.0.0 to listen on all configured addresses.
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Similarly, use --port to set a TCP port other than 5000, eg if you are
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running multiple hledger-web instances.
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Both of these options are ignored when --socket is used. In this case,
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it creates an AF_UNIX socket file at the supplied path and uses that
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for communication. This is an alternative way of running multiple
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hledger-web instances behind a reverse proxy that handles authentica-
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tion for different users. The path can be derived in a predictable
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way, eg by using the username within the path. As an example, nginx as
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reverse proxy can use the variable $remote_user to derive a path from
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the username used in a HTTP basic authentication. The following
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proxy_pass directive allows access to all hledger-web instances that
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created a socket in /tmp/hledger/:
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proxy_pass http://unix:/tmp/hledger/${remote_user}.socket;
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You can use --base-url to change the protocol, hostname, port and path
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that appear in hyperlinks, useful eg for integrating hledger-web within
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a larger website. The default is http://HOST:PORT/ using the server's
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configured host address and TCP port (or http://HOST if PORT is 80).
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With --file-url you can set a different base url for static files, eg
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for better caching or cookie-less serving on high performance websites.
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PERMISSIONS
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By default, hledger-web allows anyone who can reach it to view the
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journal and to add new transactions, but not to change existing data.
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You can restrict who can reach it by
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o setting the IP address it listens on (see --host above). By default
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it listens on 127.0.0.1, accessible to all users on the local
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machine.
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o putting it behind an authenticating proxy, using eg apache or nginx
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o custom firewall rules
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You can restrict what the users who reach it can do, by
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o using the --capabilities=CAP[,CAP..] flag when you start it, enabling
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one or more of the following capabilities. The default value is
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view,add:
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o view - allows viewing the journal file and all included files
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o add - allows adding new transactions to the main journal file
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o manage - allows editing, uploading or downloading the main or
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included files
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o using the --capabilities-header=HTTPHEADER flag to specify a HTTP
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header from which it will read capabilities to enable. hledger-web
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on Sandstorm uses the X-Sandstorm-Permissions header to integrate
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with Sandstorm's permissions. This is disabled by default.
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EDITING, UPLOADING, DOWNLOADING
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If you enable the manage capability mentioned above, you'll see a new
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"spanner" button to the right of the search form. Clicking this will
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let you edit, upload, or download the journal file or any files it
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includes.
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Note, unlike any other hledger command, in this mode you (or any visi-
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tor) can alter or wipe the data files.
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Normally whenever a file is changed in this way, hledger-web saves a
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numbered backup (assuming file permissions allow it, the disk is not
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full, etc.) hledger-web is not aware of version control systems, cur-
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rently; if you use one, you'll have to arrange to commit the changes
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yourself (eg with a cron job or a file watcher like entr).
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Changes which would leave the journal file(s) unparseable or non-valid
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(eg with failing balance assertions) are prevented. (Probably. This
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needs re-testing.)
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RELOADING
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hledger-web detects changes made to the files by other means (eg if you
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edit it directly, outside of hledger-web), and it will show the new
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data when you reload the page or navigate to a new page. If a change
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makes a file unparseable, hledger-web will display an error message
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until the file has been fixed.
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(Note: if you are viewing files mounted from another machine, make sure
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that both machine clocks are roughly in step.)
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JSON API
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In addition to the web UI, hledger-web also serves a JSON API that can
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be used to get data or add new transactions. If you want the JSON API
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only, you can use the --serve-api flag. Eg:
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$ hledger-web -f examples/sample.journal --serve-api
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...
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You can get JSON data from these routes:
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/version
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/accountnames
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/transactions
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/prices
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/commodities
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/accounts
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/accounttransactions/ACCOUNTNAME
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Eg, all account names in the journal (similar to the accounts command).
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(hledger-web's JSON does not include newlines, here we use python to
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prettify it):
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$ curl -s http://127.0.0.1:5000/accountnames | python -m json.tool
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[
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"assets",
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"assets:bank",
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"assets:bank:checking",
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"assets:bank:saving",
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"assets:cash",
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"expenses",
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"expenses:food",
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"expenses:supplies",
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"income",
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"income:gifts",
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"income:salary",
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"liabilities",
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"liabilities:debts"
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]
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Or all transactions:
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$ curl -s http://127.0.0.1:5000/transactions | python -m json.tool
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[
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{
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"tcode": "",
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"tcomment": "",
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"tdate": "2008-01-01",
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"tdate2": null,
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"tdescription": "income",
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"tindex": 1,
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"tpostings": [
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{
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"paccount": "assets:bank:checking",
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"pamount": [
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{
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"acommodity": "$",
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"aismultiplier": false,
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"aprice": null,
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...
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Most of the JSON corresponds to hledger's data types; for details of
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what the fields mean, see the Hledger.Data.Json haddock docs and click
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on the various data types, eg Transaction. And for a higher level
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understanding, see the journal manual.
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In some cases there is outer JSON corresponding to a "Report" type. To
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understand that, go to the Hledger.Web.Handler.MiscR haddock and look
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at the source for the appropriate handler to see what it returns. Eg
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for /accounttransactions it's getAccounttransactionsR, returning a
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"accountTransactionsReport ...". Looking up the haddock for that we
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can see that /accounttransactions returns an AccountTransactionsReport,
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which consists of a report title and a list of AccountTransactionsRe-
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portItem (etc).
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You can add a new transaction to the journal with a PUT request to
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/add, if hledger-web was started with the add capability (enabled by
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default). The payload must be the full, exact JSON representation of a
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hledger transaction (partial data won't do). You can get sample JSON
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from hledger-web's /transactions or /accounttransactions, or you can
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export it with hledger-lib, eg like so:
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.../hledger$ stack ghci hledger-lib
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>>> writeJsonFile "txn.json" (head $ jtxns samplejournal)
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>>> :q
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Here's how it looks as of hledger-1.17 (remember, this JSON corresponds
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to hledger's Transaction and related data types):
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{
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"tcomment": "",
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"tpostings": [
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{
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"pbalanceassertion": null,
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"pstatus": "Unmarked",
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"pamount": [
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{
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"aprice": null,
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"acommodity": "$",
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"aquantity": {
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"floatingPoint": 1,
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"decimalPlaces": 10,
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"decimalMantissa": 10000000000
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},
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"aismultiplier": false,
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"astyle": {
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"ascommodityside": "L",
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"asdigitgroups": null,
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"ascommodityspaced": false,
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"asprecision": 2,
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"asdecimalpoint": "."
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}
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}
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],
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"ptransaction_": "1",
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"paccount": "assets:bank:checking",
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"pdate": null,
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"ptype": "RegularPosting",
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"pcomment": "",
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"pdate2": null,
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"ptags": [],
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"poriginal": null
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},
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{
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"pbalanceassertion": null,
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"pstatus": "Unmarked",
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"pamount": [
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{
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"aprice": null,
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"acommodity": "$",
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"aquantity": {
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"floatingPoint": -1,
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"decimalPlaces": 10,
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"decimalMantissa": -10000000000
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},
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"aismultiplier": false,
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"astyle": {
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"ascommodityside": "L",
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"asdigitgroups": null,
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"ascommodityspaced": false,
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"asprecision": 2,
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"asdecimalpoint": "."
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}
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}
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],
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"ptransaction_": "1",
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"paccount": "income:salary",
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"pdate": null,
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"ptype": "RegularPosting",
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"pcomment": "",
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"pdate2": null,
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"ptags": [],
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"poriginal": null
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}
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],
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"ttags": [],
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"tsourcepos": {
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"tag": "JournalSourcePos",
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"contents": [
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"",
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[
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1,
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1
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]
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]
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},
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"tdate": "2008-01-01",
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"tcode": "",
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"tindex": 1,
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"tprecedingcomment": "",
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"tdate2": null,
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"tdescription": "income",
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"tstatus": "Unmarked"
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}
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And here's how to test adding it with curl. This should add a new
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entry to your journal:
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$ curl http://127.0.0.1:5000/add -X PUT -H 'Content-Type: application/json' --data-binary @txn.json
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ENVIRONMENT
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LEDGER_FILE The journal file path when not specified with -f. Default:
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~/.hledger.journal (on windows, perhaps C:/Users/USER/.hledger.jour-
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nal).
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A typical value is ~/DIR/YYYY.journal, where DIR is a version-con-
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trolled finance directory and YYYY is the current year. Or ~/DIR/cur-
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rent.journal, where current.journal is a symbolic link to YYYY.journal.
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On Mac computers, you can set this and other environment variables in a
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more thorough way that also affects applications started from the GUI
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(say, an Emacs dock icon). Eg on MacOS Catalina I have a
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~/.MacOSX/environment.plist file containing
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{
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"LEDGER_FILE" : "~/finance/current.journal"
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}
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To see the effect you may need to killall Dock, or reboot.
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FILES
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Reads data from one or more files in hledger journal, timeclock, time-
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dot, or CSV format specified with -f, or $LEDGER_FILE, or
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$HOME/.hledger.journal (on windows, perhaps
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C:/Users/USER/.hledger.journal).
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BUGS
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The need to precede options with -- when invoked from hledger is awk-
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ward.
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-f- doesn't work (hledger-web can't read from stdin).
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Query arguments and some hledger options are ignored.
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Does not work in text-mode browsers.
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Does not work well on small screens.
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REPORTING BUGS
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Report bugs at http://bugs.hledger.org (or on the #hledger IRC channel
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or hledger mail list)
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AUTHORS
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Simon Michael <simon@joyful.com> and contributors
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COPYRIGHT
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Copyright (C) 2007-2020 Simon Michael.
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Released under GNU GPL v3 or later.
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SEE ALSO
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hledger(1), hledger-ui(1), hledger-web(1), ledger(1)
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hledger-web-1.23.99 November 2021 HLEDGER-WEB(1)
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