Metadata-Version: 1.1
Name: pynYNAB
Version: 0.1
Summary: Library for working with the nYNAB private APIBudget/Transactions Read/Write/Migration tools
Home-page: https://github.com/rienafairefr/nYNABapi
Author: rienafairefr
Author-email: rienafairefr@gmail.com
License: MIT
Download-URL: https://github.com/rienafairefr/nYNABapi/tarball/master
Description: ======== nYNABapi ========

        

        a python client for the new YNAB API

        

        Installation

        ------------

        

        download the source, then call ``python setup.py install``

        

        Usage

        -----

        

        Either code your own script that uses the pynYNAB api, or use the

        provided scripts, ofximport, YNAB4 migrate, csvimport

        

        Scripts Documentation

        ---------------------

        

        see appropriate ``README``\ \_

        

        API Documentation

        -----------------

        

        nYNAB is organised around a root object, here it is a nYnabClient

        object. It is created by giving it a connection object, which handles

        the requests to the server (app.youneedabudget.com and its api endpoint

        /api/v1/catalog), using the same commands that the Javascript app at

        app.youneedabudget.com uses internally.

        

        The connection object needs email and password for the nYNAB account

        

        Once you have created your nYnabClient object, all data should have

        already been synced up with YNAB's servers. If you need fresh data, call

        reload on the nYnabClient.

        

        All the entity handling is done through the Budget and Catalog objects,

        they contain collections such as be\_accounts, be\_transactions,

        ce\_user\_settings, etc. Look into the budget/catalog for the schema.

        

        In order to write some data to YNAB servers for your budget, you just

        need to modify a collection in those Budget/Catalog objects then call

        nYnabobject.sync. To append a new entity, delete or modify an existing

        one, call the appropriate methods on a collection inside the budget or

        catalog objects.

        

        I've provided some tested methods e.g. add\_account, add\_transaction,

        in the nYnabClient class to add/delete accounts and transactions as

        examples. Some actions are not always simple (e.g., to add an account,

        you need to add a transfer payee, a starting balance transaction,

        otherwise the server refuses the request). You're welcome to contribute

        new actions e.g. by catching the requests done in the UI with Fiddler to

        see what's done.

        

        Caution with add\_transaction, it works even for large amount of

        transactions (tested up to 3000), but please don't stress test the YNAB

        servers with it...

        

        YNAB implemented throttling on their API, and pynYNAB honors it, by

        catching the error id request\_throttled and waiting the time specified

        in the Retry-After header by the server.

        

        Approach of preventing Harm

        ---------------------------

        

        I've taken all precautionary steps so that this python Client can't

        affect YNAB even if used too widely. \* It honors requests by the server

        to throttle its requests > Same mechanisme that the JS app uses \* It

        self-limits the requests to 5 request per second \* It clearly

        identifies itself by User-Agent > Easy to lock it out if it causes

        trouble

        

        .. \_README:

        https://github.com/rienafairefr/nYNABapi/blob/master/scripts/README.rst

        
Keywords: nynab,ynab
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Development Status :: 3 - Alpha
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Financial and Insurance Industry
Classifier: Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules
Classifier: Topic :: Utilities
Classifier: Topic :: Office/Business
Classifier: Topic :: Office/Business :: Financial
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
Classifier: Natural Language :: English
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7
