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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 other commodity,
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using double-entry accounting and a simple, editable file format.
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hledger is inspired by and largely compatible with ledger(1).
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hledger-api is a simple web API server, intended to support
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client-side web apps operating on hledger data. It comes with a series
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of simple client-side app examples, which drive it's evolution.
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Data is served from the usual hledger journal file:
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`~/.hledger.journal`, `$LEDGER_FILE`, or another file specified with -f.
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For more about the format, see hledger(1) or hledger_journal(5).
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The server listens on port 8001, or another specified with `-p PORT`.
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Note there is no built-in access control, so you will need to hide
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hledger-api behind an authenticating proxy if you want to restrict
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access.
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# OPTIONS
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Note: if invoking hledger-api as a hledger subcommand, write `--` before options as shown above.
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`-f --file FILE`
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: use a different input file (default: `$LEDGER_FILE` or `~/.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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`-p --port=PORT`
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: use a different TCP port (default: 8001)
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`-h`
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: show usage
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`--help`
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: show detailed help
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`--version`
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: show version information
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# ENVIRONMENT
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**LEDGER_FILE**
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sets the default journal file path. If not set, it is `~/.hledger.journal`.
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# FILES
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Reads data from a hledger journal file (`$LEDGER_FILE` or
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`~/.hledger.journal` by default), or a CSV file plus associated CSV
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rules file.
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# BUGS
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The need to precede options with `--` when invoked from hledger is awkward.
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<!-- `-f-` doesn't work (hledger-web can't read from stdin). -->
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<!-- Query arguments and some applicable hledger options probably aren't supported. -->
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<!-- If you start two instances on the same port, the second one will -->
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