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# hledger-api
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This doc is for version **1.9 (dev)**. []{.docversions}
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- toc
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## NAME
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hledger-api - web API server for the hledger accounting tool
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## SYNOPSIS
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`hledger-api [OPTIONS]`\
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`hledger api -- [OPTIONS]`
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## 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. hledger is inspired by and largely compatible with
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ledger(1).
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hledger-api is a simple web API server, intended to support client-side
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web apps operating on hledger data. It comes with a series of simple
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client-side app examples, which drive its evolution.
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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
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`$LEDGER_FILE`, or `$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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hledger\_journal(5) etc.
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The server listens on IP address 127.0.0.1, accessible only to local
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requests, by default. You can change this with `--host`, eg
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`--host 0.0.0.0` to listen on all addresses. Note there is no other
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access control, and hledger-api allows file browsing, so on shared
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machines you will certainly need to put it behind an authenticating
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proxy to restrict access.
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You can change the TCP port it listens on (default: 8001) with
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`-p PORT`.
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API methods look like:
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/api/v1/accountnames
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/api/v1/transactions
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/api/v1/prices
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/api/v1/commodities
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/api/v1/accounts
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/api/v1/accounts/ACCTNAME
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See `/api/swagger.json` for a full list in Swagger 2.0 format. (Or you
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can run `hledger-api --swagger` to print this in the console.)
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hledger-api also serves files, from the current directory by default,
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and the `/` path will also show a directory listing. This is convenient
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for serving client-side web code, in addition to the server-side api.
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## OPTIONS
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Note: if invoking hledger-api as a hledger subcommand, write `--` before
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options as shown above.
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`-f --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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`-d --static-dir=DIR`
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: serve files from a different directory (default: `.`)
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`--host=IPADDR`
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: listen on this IP address (default: 127.0.0.1)
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`-p --port=PORT`
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: listen on this TCP port (default: 8001)
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`--swagger`
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: print API docs in Swagger 2.0 format, and exit
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`--version`
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: show version
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`-h --help`
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: show usage
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## ENVIRONMENT
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**LEDGER\_FILE** The journal file path when not specified with `-f`.
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Default: `~/.hledger.journal` (on windows, perhaps
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`C:/Users/USER/.hledger.journal`).
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## FILES
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Reads data from one or more files in hledger journal, timeclock,
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timedot, 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
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awkward.
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