Akaunting

Interact with Akaunting open-source accounting software via REST API. Use for creating invoices, tracking income/expenses, managing accounts, and bookkeeping automation. Triggers on accounting, bookkeeping, invoicing, expenses, income tracking, or Akaunting mentions.

Akaunting Skill

CLI and API integration for Akaunting, a free open-source accounting platform.

Quick Start

# Test connection
akaunting ping

# List data
akaunting accounts
akaunting categories  
akaunting transactions

# Create transactions
akaunting income --amount 100 --category Sales --description "Payment received"
akaunting expense --amount 50 --category Other --description "Office supplies"

Setup

1. Deploy Akaunting

# Use the provided docker-compose
cp skills/akaunting/assets/docker-compose.yml ~/akaunting/
cd ~/akaunting && docker compose up -d

Access web UI at http://YOUR_IP:8080 and complete the setup wizard.

2. Apply Required Fix

Critical: Akaunting has a bug where module event listeners don't auto-register. Run:

python3 skills/akaunting/scripts/fix_event_listener.py

Or manually add to /var/www/html/app/Providers/Event.php in the $listen array:

'App\Events\Module\PaymentMethodShowing' => [
    'Modules\OfflinePayments\Listeners\ShowAsPaymentMethod',
],

3. Configure Credentials

mkdir -p ~/.config/akaunting
cat > ~/.config/akaunting/config.json << EOF
{
  "url": "http://YOUR_IP:8080",
  "email": "[e-mail]",
  "password": "your-password"
}
EOF

Or set environment variables: AKAUNTING_URL, AKAUNTING_EMAIL, AKAUNTING_PASSWORD

CLI Commands

Command	Description
akaunting ping	Test API connection
akaunting accounts	List bank accounts
akaunting categories [--type income|expense]	List categories
akaunting transactions [--type income|expense]	List transactions
akaunting items	List products/services
akaunting income --amount X --category Y	Create income
akaunting expense --amount X --category Y	Create expense
akaunting item --name X --price Y	Create item

Add --json to any command for JSON output.

API Reference

See references/api.md for full endpoint documentation.

Key Endpoints

• GET /api/ping - Health check
• GET/POST /api/accounts - Bank accounts
• GET/POST /api/categories - Income/expense categories
• GET/POST /api/transactions - Income/expense records
• GET/POST /api/items - Products/services

Authentication: HTTP Basic Auth with user email/password. User needs read-api permission (Admin role has this by default).

Troubleshooting

"Payment method is invalid" error: The event listener fix wasn't applied. Run fix_event_listener.py.

401 Unauthorized: Check credentials in config.json. User must have API access permission.

403 Forbidden on contacts/documents: User needs additional permissions for these endpoints.