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256 lines
6.6 KiB
Groff
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.TH "hledger\-web" "1" "October 2015" "" "hledger User Manuals"
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.SH NAME
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hledger\-web \- web interface for the hledger accounting tool
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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\f[C]hledger\-web\ [OPTIONS]\f[]
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.PD 0
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\f[C]hledger\ web\ \-\-\ [OPTIONS]\f[]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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hledger is a cross\-platform program for tracking money, time, or any
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other commodity, using double\-entry accounting and a simple, editable
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file format.
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hledger is inspired by and largely compatible with ledger(1).
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hledger\-web is hledger\[aq]s web interface.
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It starts a simple web application for browsing and adding transactions,
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and optionally opens it in a web browser window if possible.
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It provides a more user\-friendly UI than the hledger CLI or hledger\-ui
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interface, showing more at once (accounts, the current account register,
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balance charts) and allowing history\-aware data entry, interactive
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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.
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There is no access control, so if you need that you should put it behind
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a suitable web proxy.
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As a small protection against data loss when running an unprotected
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instance, it writes a numbered backup of the main journal file (only ?)
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on every edit.
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The journal file is \f[C]~/.hledger.journal\f[], \f[C]$LEDGER_FILE\f[],
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or another file specified with \-f.
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For more about the format, see hledger(1) or hledger_journal(5).
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By default, hledger\-web starts the web app in "transient mode" and also
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opens it in your default web browser if possible.
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In this mode the web app will keep running for as long as you have it
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open in a browser window, and will exit after two minutes of inactivity
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(no requests and no browser windows viewing it).
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.IP
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.nf
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\f[C]
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$\ hledger\ web
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Starting\ web\ app\ on\ port\ 5000\ with\ base\ url\ http://localhost:5000
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Starting\ web\ browser\ if\ possible
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Web\ app\ will\ auto\-exit\ after\ a\ few\ minutes\ with\ no\ browsers\ (or\ press\ ctrl\-c)
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\f[]
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.fi
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With \f[C]\-\-server\f[], it starts the web app in non\-transient mode
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and logs requests to the console.
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Typically when running hledger web as part of a website you\[aq]ll want
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to use \f[C]\-\-base\-url\f[] to set the protocol/hostname/port/path to
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be used in hyperlinks.
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The \f[C]\-\-file\-url\f[] option allows static files to be served from
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a different url, eg for better caching or cookie\-less serving.
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You can use \f[C]\-\-port\f[] to listen on a different TCP port, eg if
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you are running multiple hledger\-web instances.
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This need not be the same as the PORT in the base url.
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Note there is no built\-in access control, so you will need to hide
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hledger\-web behind an authenticating proxy (such as apache or nginx) if
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you want to restrict who can see and add entries to your journal.
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With journal and timelog files (but not CSV files, currently) the web
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app detects changes and will show the new data on the next request.
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If a change makes the file unparseable, hledger\-web will show an error
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until the file has been fixed.
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.SH OPTIONS
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Note: if invoking hledger\-web as a hledger subcommand, write
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\f[C]\-\-\f[] before options as shown above.
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.B \f[C]\-\-server\f[]
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disable browser\-opening and auto\-exit\-on\-idle, and log all requests
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to stdout
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.RS
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.RE
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.B \f[C]\-\-port=PORT\f[]
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set the TCP port to listen on (default: 5000)
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.RS
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.RE
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.B \f[C]\-\-base\-url=URL\f[]
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set the base url (default: http://localhost:PORT).
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You would change this when sharing over the network, or integrating
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within a larger website.
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.RS
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.RE
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.B \f[C]\-\-file\-url=URL\f[]
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set the static files url (default: BASEURL/static).
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hledger\-web normally serves static files itself, but if you wanted to
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serve them from another server for efficiency, you would set the url
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with this.
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.RS
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.RE
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.B \f[C]\-h\ \-\-help\f[]
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show help
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.RE
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.B \f[C]\-\-version\f[]
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show version information
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.RE
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.SS hledger options
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The following common hledger options should also work:
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.B \f[C]\-f\ FILE\ \-\-file=FILE\f[]
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use a different input file.
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For stdin, use \-
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.RS
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.RE
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.B \f[C]\-\-rules\-file=RULESFILE\f[]
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Conversion rules file to use when reading CSV (default: FILE.rules)
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.RS
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.RE
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.B \f[C]\-\-alias=OLD=NEW\f[]
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display accounts named OLD as NEW
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.B \f[C]\-\-ignore\-assertions\f[]
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ignore any failing balance assertions in the journal
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.B \f[C]\-\-debug=N\f[]
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show debug output if N is 1\-9 (default: 0)
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.RE
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.B \f[C]\-b\ \-\-begin=DATE\f[]
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include postings/txns on or after this date
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.B \f[C]\-e\ \-\-end=DATE\f[]
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include postings/txns before this date
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.B \f[C]\-p\ \-\-period=PERIODEXP\f[]
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set start date, end date, and/or reporting interval all at once
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(overrides the flags above)
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.RS
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.RE
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.B \f[C]\-\-date2\ \-\-aux\-date\f[]
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use postings/txns\[aq] secondary dates instead
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.B \f[C]\-C\ \-\-cleared\f[]
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include only cleared postings/txns
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.B \f[C]\-\-pending\f[]
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include only pending postings/txns
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.B \f[C]\-U\ \-\-uncleared\f[]
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include only uncleared (and pending) postings/txns
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.B \f[C]\-R\ \-\-real\f[]
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include only non\-virtual postings
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.B \f[C]\-\-depth=N\f[]
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hide accounts/postings deeper than N
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.B \f[C]\-E\ \-\-empty\f[]
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show empty/zero things which are normally omitted
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.B \f[C]\-B\ \-\-cost\f[]
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show amounts in their cost price\[aq]s commodity
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.SH ENVIRONMENT
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\f[B]LEDGER_FILE\f[] sets the default journal file path.
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If not set, it is \f[C]~/.hledger.journal\f[].
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.SH FILES
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Reads data from a hledger journal file (\f[C]$LEDGER_FILE\f[] or
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\f[C]~/.hledger.journal\f[] by default), or a CSV file plus associated
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CSV rules file.
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.SH BUGS
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The need to precede options with \f[C]\-\-\f[] when invoked from hledger
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is awkward.
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\f[C]\-f\-\f[] doesn\[aq]t work (hledger\-web can\[aq]t read from
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stdin).
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Query arguments and some applicable hledger options probably aren\[aq]t
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supported.
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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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The auto\-exit feature was added to avoid leaving stray processes, eg on
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Windows.
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It is not well tested.
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If you start two instances on the same port, the second one will appear
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to run normally, but you will be seeing pages served from the first one.
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.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
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Report bugs at http://bugs.hledger.org
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(or on the #hledger IRC channel or hledger mail list)
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.SH AUTHORS
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Simon Michael <simon@joyful.com> and contributors
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.SH COPYRIGHT
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Copyright (C) 2007-2016 Simon Michael.
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.br
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Released under GNU GPL v3 or later.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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hledger(1), hledger\-ui(1), hledger\-web(1), hledger\-api(1),
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hledger_csv(5), hledger_journal(5), hledger_timelog(5), hledger_timedot(5),
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ledger(1)
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http://hledger.org
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