.TH "hledger\-api" "1" "March 2018" "hledger\-api 1.9.99" "hledger User Manuals"



.SH NAME
.PP
hledger\-api \- web API server for the hledger accounting tool
.SH SYNOPSIS
.PP
\f[C]hledger\-api\ [OPTIONS]\f[]
.PD 0
.P
.PD
\f[C]hledger\ api\ \-\-\ [OPTIONS]\f[]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
hledger is a cross\-platform program for tracking money, time, or any
other commodity, using double\-entry accounting and a simple, editable
file format.
hledger is inspired by and largely compatible with ledger(1).
.PP
hledger\-api is a simple web API server, intended to support
client\-side web apps operating on hledger data.
It comes with a series of simple client\-side app examples, which drive
its evolution.
.PP
Like hledger, it reads data from one or more files in hledger journal,
timeclock, timedot, or CSV format specified with \f[C]\-f\f[], or
\f[C]$LEDGER_FILE\f[], or \f[C]$HOME/.hledger.journal\f[] (on windows,
perhaps \f[C]C:/Users/USER/.hledger.journal\f[]).
For more about this see hledger(1), hledger_journal(5) etc.
.PP
The server listens on IP address 127.0.0.1, accessible only to local
requests, by default.
You can change this with \f[C]\-\-host\f[], eg
\f[C]\-\-host\ 0.0.0.0\f[] to listen on all addresses.
Note there is no other access control, and hledger\-api allows file
browsing, so on shared machines you will certainly need to put it behind
an authenticating proxy to restrict access.
.PP
You can change the TCP port it listens on (default: 8001) with
\f[C]\-p\ PORT\f[].
.PP
API methods look like:
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
/api/v1/accountnames
/api/v1/transactions
/api/v1/prices
/api/v1/commodities
/api/v1/accounts
/api/v1/accounts/ACCTNAME
\f[]
.fi
.PP
See \f[C]/api/swagger.json\f[] for a full list in Swagger 2.0 format.
(Or you can run \f[C]hledger\-api\ \-\-swagger\f[] to print this in the
console.)
.PP
hledger\-api also serves files, from the current directory by default,
and the \f[C]/\f[] path will also show a directory listing.
This is convenient for serving client\-side web code, in addition to the
server\-side api.
.SH OPTIONS
.PP
Note: if invoking hledger\-api as a hledger subcommand, write
\f[C]\-\-\f[] before options as shown above.
.TP
.B \f[C]\-f\ \-\-file=FILE\f[]
use a different input file.
For stdin, use \- (default: \f[C]$LEDGER_FILE\f[] or
\f[C]$HOME/.hledger.journal\f[])
.RS
.RE
.TP
.B \f[C]\-d\ \-\-static\-dir=DIR\f[]
serve files from a different directory (default: \f[C]\&.\f[])
.RS
.RE
.TP
.B \f[C]\-\-host=IPADDR\f[]
listen on this IP address (default: 127.0.0.1)
.RS
.RE
.TP
.B \f[C]\-p\ \-\-port=PORT\f[]
listen on this TCP port (default: 8001)
.RS
.RE
.TP
.B \f[C]\-\-swagger\f[]
print API docs in Swagger 2.0 format, and exit
.RS
.RE
.TP
.B \f[C]\-\-version\f[]
show version
.RS
.RE
.TP
.B \f[C]\-h\ \-\-help\f[]
show usage
.RS
.RE
.SH ENVIRONMENT
.PP
\f[B]LEDGER_FILE\f[] The journal file path when not specified with
\f[C]\-f\f[].
Default: \f[C]~/.hledger.journal\f[] (on windows, perhaps
\f[C]C:/Users/USER/.hledger.journal\f[]).
.SH FILES
.PP
Reads data from one or more files in hledger journal, timeclock,
timedot, or CSV format specified with \f[C]\-f\f[], or
\f[C]$LEDGER_FILE\f[], or \f[C]$HOME/.hledger.journal\f[] (on windows,
perhaps \f[C]C:/Users/USER/.hledger.journal\f[]).
.SH BUGS
.PP
The need to precede options with \f[C]\-\-\f[] when invoked from hledger
is awkward.


.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs at http://bugs.hledger.org
(or on the #hledger IRC channel or hledger mail list)

.SH AUTHORS
Simon Michael <simon@joyful.com> and contributors

.SH COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2007-2016 Simon Michael.
.br
Released under GNU GPL v3 or later.

.SH SEE ALSO
hledger(1), hledger\-ui(1), hledger\-web(1), hledger\-api(1),
hledger_csv(5), hledger_journal(5), hledger_timeclock(5), hledger_timedot(5),
ledger(1)

http://hledger.org