Update Category Budget with You Need a Budget API

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Getting Started#

Create a workflow to Update Category Budget with the You Need a Budget API. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

Configure the Update Category Budget action
1. Connect your You Need a Budget account
2. Select a Budget ID
3. Select a Category ID
4. Configure Budget
5. Optional- Select a Month
Select a trigger to run your workflow on HTTP requests, schedules or app events
Deploy the workflow
Send a test event to validate your setup
Turn on the trigger

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Details#

This is a pre-built, source-available component from Pipedream's GitHub repo. The component is developed by Pipedream and the community, and verified and maintained by Pipedream.

To contribute an update to an existing component or create a new component, create a PR on GitHub. If you're new to Pipedream component development, you can start with quickstarts for trigger span and action development, and then review the component API reference.

Update Category Budget on You Need a Budget

Description:Update a category budget for a specific month. [See the docs](https://api.youneedabudget.com/v1#/Categories/updateMonthCategory)

Version:0.0.2

Key:you_need_a_budget-update-category-budget

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Code#

import app from "../../you_need_a_budget.app.mjs";

export default {
  key: "you_need_a_budget-update-category-budget",
  name: "Update Category Budget",
  description: "Update a category budget for a specific month. [See the docs](https://api.youneedabudget.com/v1#/Categories/updateMonthCategory)",
  version: "0.0.2",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    app,
    budgetId: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "budgetId",
      ],
    },
    categoryId: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "categoryId",
        (c) => ({
          budgetId: c.budgetId,
        }),
      ],
    },
    budget: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "amount",
      ],
      label: "Budget",
    },
    month: {
      propDefinition: [
        app,
        "month",
        (c) => ({
          budgetId: c.budgetId,
        }),
      ],
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    try {
      const response = await this.app.updateCategoryBudget({
        budgetId: this.budgetId,
        categoryId: this.categoryId.value,
        month: this.month,
        budget: this.budget,
      });
      $.export("$summary", `${this.categoryId.label} budget updated to ${this.budget}`);
      return response;
    } catch (error) {
      if (error.error) {
        this.app.throwFormattedError(error.error);
      }
      this.app.throwFormattedError(error);
    }
  },
};

Configuration#

This component may be configured based on the props defined in the component code. Pipedream automatically prompts for input values in the UI and CLI.

Label	Prop	Type	Description
You Need a Budget	`app`	`app`	This component uses the You Need a Budget app.
Budget ID	`budgetId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Category ID	`categoryId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Budget	`budget`	`string`	E.g. `-290.99`
Month	`month`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.

Authentication#

You Need a Budget uses OAuth authentication. When you connect your You Need a Budget account, Pipedream will open a popup window where you can sign into You Need a Budget and grant Pipedream permission to connect to your account. Pipedream securely stores and automatically refreshes the OAuth tokens so you can easily authenticate any You Need a Budget API.

Pipedream requests the following authorization scopes when you connect your account: