You Need a Budget

Money doesn’t have to be messy. The YNAB budgeting app and its simple four-rule method will help you organize your finances, demolish your debt, save piles of cash, and reach your financial goals faster.

Integrate the You Need a Budget API with the Python API

Setup the You Need a Budget API trigger to run a workflow which integrates with the Python API. Pipedream's integration platform allows you to integrate You Need a Budget and Python remarkably fast. Free for developers.

Run Python Code with Python API on Category Overspent from You Need a Budget API
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Run Python Code with Python API on Low Account Balance from You Need a Budget API
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Run Python Code with Python API on Low Category Balance from You Need a Budget API
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Run Python Code with Python API on New or Updated Transaction from You Need a Budget API
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Run Python Code with Python API on New Spending In Account from You Need a Budget API
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Category Overspent from the You Need a Budget API

Emit new event when a category budget is overspent

 
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Low Account Balance from the You Need a Budget API

Emit new event when an account balance drops below a certain amount

 
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Low Category Balance from the You Need a Budget API

Emit new event when a category balance drops below a certain amount

 
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New or Updated Transaction from the You Need a Budget API

Emit new event for every new or updated transaction. See the docs

 
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New Spending In Account from the You Need a Budget API

Emit new event for every spending in an account. See the docs

 
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Run Python Code with the Python API

Write Python and use any of the 350k+ PyPi packages available. Refer to the Pipedream Python docs to learn more.

 
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Create Transaction with the You Need a Budget API

Creates a single transaction. See the docs

 
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Get Account with the You Need a Budget API

Get an account specified by ID. See the docs

 
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List Accounts with the You Need a Budget API

List all accounts for a specific budget. See the docs

 
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Update Category Budget with the You Need a Budget API

Update a category budget for a specific month. See the docs

 
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Overview of You Need a Budget

The You Need a Budget (YNAB) API offers a direct line into your budgeting data, allowing you to read and write transaction details, access budget categories, update account balances, and more. By leveraging this API on Pipedream, you can automate your financial tracking and synchronize your budget with other aspects of your financial life. This interface is particularly powerful for those looking to streamline their budgeting process, ensure real-time updates across platforms, and generate custom financial reports.

Connect You Need a Budget

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import { axios } from "@pipedream/platform"
export default defineComponent({
  props: {
    you_need_a_budget: {
      type: "app",
      app: "you_need_a_budget",
    }
  },
  async run({steps, $}) {
    return await axios($, {
      url: `https://api.youneedabudget.com/v1/user`,
      headers: {
        Authorization: `Bearer ${this.you_need_a_budget.$auth.oauth_access_token}`,
      },
    })
  },
})

Overview of Python

Develop, run and deploy your Python code in Pipedream workflows. Integrate seamlessly between no-code steps, with connected accounts, or integrate Data Stores and manipulate files within a workflow.

This includes installing PyPI packages, within your code without having to manage a requirements.txt file or running pip.

Below is an example of using Python to access data from the trigger of the workflow, and sharing it with subsequent workflow steps:

Connect Python

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def handler(pd: "pipedream"):
  # Reference data from previous steps
  print(pd.steps["trigger"]["context"]["id"])
  # Return data for use in future steps
  return {"foo": {"test":True}}