Manage YNAB budgets, accounts, categories, and transactions.

Manage YNAB budgets, accounts, categories, and transactions via CLI.

YNAB CLI

Install

bash

npm i -g @stephendolan/ynab-cli

Auth

bash

# Get API key from https://app.ynab.com/settings/developer
# Then set YNAB_API_KEY env var, or:
ynab auth login
ynab auth status

Budgets

bash

ynab budgets list
ynab budgets view [id]
ynab budgets set-default <id>

Accounts

bash

ynab accounts list
ynab accounts view <id>
ynab accounts transactions <id>

Categories

bash

ynab categories list
ynab categories view <id>
ynab categories transactions <id>
ynab categories budget <id> --month <YYYY-MM> --amount <amount>

Transactions

bash

ynab transactions list
ynab transactions list --account <id> --since <YYYY-MM-DD>
ynab transactions list --approved=false --min-amount 100
ynab transactions search --memo "coffee"
ynab transactions search --payee-name "Amazon"
ynab transactions view <id>
ynab transactions create --account <id> --amount <amount> --date <YYYY-MM-DD>
ynab transactions update <id> --amount <amount>
ynab transactions delete <id>
ynab transactions split <id> --splits '[{"amount": -50.00, "category_id": "xxx"}]'

Payees

bash

ynab payees list
ynab payees view <id>
ynab payees update <id> --name <name>
ynab payees transactions <id>

Months

bash

ynab months list
ynab months view <YYYY-MM>

Scheduled

bash

ynab scheduled list
ynab scheduled view <id>
ynab scheduled delete <id>

Raw API

bash

ynab api GET /budgets
ynab api POST /budgets/{budget_id}/transactions --data '{"transaction": {...}}'

Notes

• Amounts are in your budget's currency, not milliunits
• Use --compact for minified JSON
• Rate limit: 200 req/hour
• Cannot create categories/groups/payees via API