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NAME
       hledger-api - web API server for the hledger accounting tool

SYNOPSIS
       hledger-api [OPTIONS]
       hledger api -- [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION
       hledger  is  a  cross-platform program for tracking money, time, or any
       other commodity, using double-entry accounting and a  simple,  editable
       file  format.   hledger  is  inspired  by  and  largely compatible with
       ledger(1).

       hledger-api is a simple web API server, intended to support client-side
       web  apps  operating on hledger data.  It comes with a series of simple
       client-side app examples, which drive its evolution.

       Like hledger, it reads data from one or more files in hledger  journal,
       timeclock,  timedot,  or CSV format specified with -f, or $LEDGER_FILE,
       or       $HOME/.hledger.journal       (on       windows,        perhaps
       C:/Users/USER/.hledger.journal).   For  more about this see hledger(1),
       hledger_journal(5) etc.

       The server listens on IP address 127.0.0.1, accessible  only  to  local
       requests,   by   default.    You   can  change  this  with  --host,  eg
       --host 0.0.0.0 to listen on all addresses.   Note  there  is  no  other
       access  control, so you will need to hide hledger-api behind an authen-
       ticating proxy if you want to restrict access.  You can change the  TCP
       port (default: 8001) with -p PORT.

       If  invoked  as hledger-api --swagger, instead of starting a server the
       API docs will be printed in Swagger 2.0 format.

OPTIONS
       Note: if invoking hledger-api as a hledger subcommand, write --  before
       options as shown above.

       -f --file=FILE
              use  a  different  input  file.   For  stdin,  use  -  (default:
              $LEDGER_FILE or $HOME/.hledger.journal)

       -d --static-dir=DIR
              serve files from a different directory (default: .)

       --host=IPADDR
              listen on this IP address (default: 127.0.0.1)

       -p --port=PORT
              listen on this TCP port (default: 8001)

       --swagger
              print API docs in Swagger 2.0 format, and exit

       --version
              show version

       -h     show usage

       --help show manual as plain text

       --man  show manual with man

       --info show manual with info

ENVIRONMENT
       LEDGER_FILE The journal file path when not specified with -f.  Default:
       ~/.hledger.journal  (on  windows,  perhaps C:/Users/USER/.hledger.jour-
       nal).

FILES
       Reads data from one or more files in hledger journal, timeclock,  time-
       dot,   or   CSV   format   specified   with  -f,  or  $LEDGER_FILE,  or
       $HOME/.hledger.journal          (on          windows,           perhaps
       C:/Users/USER/.hledger.journal).

BUGS
       The  need  to precede options with -- when invoked from hledger is awk-
       ward.



REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs at http://bugs.hledger.org (or on the #hledger IRC  channel
       or hledger mail list)


AUTHORS
       Simon Michael <simon@joyful.com> and contributors


COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2007-2016 Simon Michael.
       Released under GNU GPL v3 or later.


SEE ALSO
       hledger(1),      hledger-ui(1),     hledger-web(1),     hledger-api(1),
       hledger_csv(5), hledger_journal(5), hledger_timeclock(5), hledger_time-
       dot(5), ledger(1)

       http://hledger.org



hledger-api 1.3                    June 2017                    hledger-api(1)
