YNAB API Ruby Library

This is the Ruby client for the YNAB API.

Please read the YNAB API documentation for an overview of using the API and a complete list of available resources.

This client is generated using the OpenAPI Generator.

Installation

gem install ynab

Note: The current version of this gem requires Ruby version 3.3 or later. If you are using an older version of Ruby, you can install version 2.1 of this gem.

Usage

To use this client you must obtain an access token from your Account Settings page of the YNAB web app.

require 'ynab'

access_token = ENV['YNAB_ACCESS_TOKEN']
ynab_api = YNAB::API.new(access_token)

budget_response = ynab_api.budgets.get_budgets
budgets = budget_response.data.budgets

budgets.each do |budget|
  puts "Budget Name: #{budget.name}"
end

Examples

See the examples folder for example usage scenarios.

Methods

The following methods are available in this library.

	Method	Description
User	user.get_user()	Returns authenticated user information
Budgets	budgets.get_budgets()	Returns budgets list with summary information
	budgets.get_budget_by_id(budget_id)	Returns a single budget with all related entities
	budgets.get_budget_settings_by_id(budget_id)	Returns settings for a budget
Accounts	accounts.get_accounts(budget_id)	Returns all accounts
	accounts.get_account_by_id(budget_id, account_id)	Returns a single account
Categories	categories.get_categories(budget_id)	Returns all categories grouped by category group.
	categories.get_category_by_id(budget_id, category_id)	Returns a single category
	categories.get_month_category_by_id(budget_id, month, category_id)	Returns a single category for a specific budget month
Payees	payees.get_payees(budget_id)	Returns all payees
	payees.get_payee_by_id(budget_id, payee_id)	Returns single payee
Payee Locations	payee_locations.get_payee_locations(budget_id)	Returns all payee locations
	payee_locations.get_payee_location_by_id(budget_id, payee_location_id)	Returns a single payee location
	payee_locations.get_payee_locations_by_payee(budget_id, payee_id)	Returns all payee locations for the specified payee
Months	months.get_budget_months(budget_id)	Returns all budget months
	months.get_budget_month(budget_id, month)	Returns a single budget month
	months.update_month_category(budget_id, month, category_id, month_category)	Update an existing month category
Transactions	transactions.get_transactions(budget_id)	Returns budget transactions
	transactions.get_transactions_by_account(budget_id, account_id)	Returns all transactions for a specified account
	transactions.get_transactions_by_category(budget_id, category_id)	Returns all transactions for a specified category
	transactions.get_transactions_by_month(budget_id, month)	Returns all transactions for a specified month
	transactions.get_transaction_by_id(budget_id, transaction_id)	Returns a single transaction
	transactions.create_transaction(budget_id, data)	Creates a single transaction
	transactions.create_transactions(budget_id, data)	Creates multiple transactions
	transactions.update_transaction(budget_id, id, data)	Updates a single transaction
	transactions.update_transactions(budget_id, data)	Updates multiple transactions
	transactions.delete_transaction(budget_id, transaction_id)	Deletes a single transaction
	transactions.import_transactions(budget_id)	Imports transactions
Scheduled Transactions	scheduled_transactions.get_scheduled_transactions(budget_id)	Returns all scheduled transactions
	scheduled_transactions.get_scheduled_transaction_by_id(budget_id, scheduled_transaction_id)	Returns a single scheduled transaction
	scheduled_transactions.create_scheduled_transaction(budget_id, data)	Creates a single scheduled transaction

License

Copyright (c) 2024 You Need A Budget, LLC

Licensed under the Apache-2.0 license