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Resident-Variation21 · 2023-10-04 19:40

Hey. I’m self hosting actual budget - trying to move away from YNAB.
Love it, but I’m hoping it’s possible to set up an API, but I have no
idea where to even start - that’s way over my head. Is it even
possible, and if yes, can someone point me in a direction to start?



If it matters - on my iPhone I can pass transactions via Apple Pay
into Siri Shortcuts, which I then want to use to automatically add the
transaction to my budget. That’s the end goal. I’m using the YNAB api
to do it in YNAB.

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selfh-sted · 2023-10-04 22:57

I don't have any personal experience with it, but they have a [section
covering API in their
documentation](https://actualbudget.com/docs/developers/using-the-
API/). Have you checked that out?

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Resident-Variation21 · 2023-10-04 23:02

No. I couldn’t find it. Unsure if it was me being blind, or maybe I
saw it but assumed it was from when they weren’t locally hosted, but I
definitely didn’t process seeing it. I’ll take a look through and see
what I can find. Thanks

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selfh-sted · 2023-10-04 23:03

No worries. They also have a fairly active Discord server that I'm
sure would be willing to point you in the right direction if you get
stuck.