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NAME
       hledger-api - web API server for the hledger accounting tool

SYNOPSIS
       hledger-api [OPTIONS]
       hledger api -- [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION
       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).

       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.

       Like hledger, it reads data from one or more files in hledger  journal,
       timeclock,  timedot,  or CSV format specified with -f, or $LEDGER_FILE,
       or       $HOME/.hledger.journal       (on       windows,        perhaps
       C:/Users/USER/.hledger.journal).   For  more about this see hledger(1),
       hledger_journal(5) etc.

       The server listens on IP address 127.0.0.1, accessible  only  to  local
       requests,   by   default.    You   can  change  this  with  --host,  eg
       --host 0.0.0.0 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.

       You can change the TCP port it listens on (default: 8001) with -p PORT.

       API methods look like:

              /api/v1/accountnames
              /api/v1/transactions
              /api/v1/prices
              /api/v1/commodities
              /api/v1/accounts
              /api/v1/accounts/ACCTNAME

       See /api/swagger.json for a full list in Swagger 2.0 format.   (Or  you
       can run hledger-api --swagger to print this in the console.)

       hledger-api  also  serves files, from the current directory by default,
       and the / path will also show a directory listing.  This is  convenient
       for serving client-side web code, in addition to the server-side api.

OPTIONS
       Note:  if invoking hledger-api as a hledger subcommand, write -- before
       options as shown above.

       -f --file=FILE
              use  a  different  input  file.   For  stdin,  use  -  (default:
              $LEDGER_FILE or $HOME/.hledger.journal)

       -d --static-dir=DIR
              serve files from a different directory (default: .)

       --host=IPADDR
              listen on this IP address (default: 127.0.0.1)

       -p --port=PORT
              listen on this TCP port (default: 8001)

       --swagger
              print API docs in Swagger 2.0 format, and exit

       --version
              show version

       -h --help
              show usage

ENVIRONMENT
       LEDGER_FILE The journal file path when not specified with -f.  Default:
       ~/.hledger.journal (on  windows,  perhaps  C:/Users/USER/.hledger.jour-
       nal).

FILES
       Reads  data from one or more files in hledger journal, timeclock, time-
       dot,  or  CSV  format  specified   with   -f,   or   $LEDGER_FILE,   or
       $HOME/.hledger.journal           (on          windows,          perhaps
       C:/Users/USER/.hledger.journal).

BUGS
       The need to precede options with -- when invoked from hledger  is  awk-
       ward.



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


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


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


SEE ALSO
       hledger(1),     hledger-ui(1),     hledger-web(1),      hledger-api(1),
       hledger_csv(5), hledger_journal(5), hledger_timeclock(5), hledger_time-
       dot(5), ledger(1)

       http://hledger.org



hledger-api 1.11.99             September 2018                  hledger-api(1)