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hledger-web — A web interface and API for `hledger`, a robust, friendly plain text accounting app. More informatio

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Problem

How to use the hledger-web command: A web interface and API for hledger, a robust, friendly plain text accounting app. More information: <https://hledger.org/hledger-web.html>.

Solution

hledger-web — A web interface and API for hledger, a robust, friendly plain text accounting app. More information: <https://hledger.org/hledger-web.html>.

Start the web app, and a browser if possible, for local viewing and adding only:
hledger-web


As above but with a specified file, and allow editing of existing data:
hledger-web {{[-f|--file]}} {{path/to/file.journal}} --allow edit


Start just the web app, and accept incoming connections to the specified host and port:
hledger-web --serve --host {{my.host.name}} --port 8000


Start just the web app's JSON API, and allow only read access:
hledger-web --serve-api --host {{my.host.name}} --allow view


Show amounts converted to current market value in your base currency when known:
hledger-web --value now --infer-market-prices


Show the manual in Info format if possible:
hledger-web --info


Display help:
hledger-web {{[-h|--help]}}

Code Snippets

Start the web app, and a browser if possible, for local viewing and adding only

hledger-web

As above but with a specified file, and allow editing of existing data

hledger-web {{[-f|--file]}} {{path/to/file.journal}} --allow edit

Start just the web app, and accept incoming connections to the specified host and port

hledger-web --serve --host {{my.host.name}} --port 8000

Start just the web app's JSON API, and allow only read access

hledger-web --serve-api --host {{my.host.name}} --allow view

Show amounts converted to current market value in your base currency when known

hledger-web --value now --infer-market-prices

Context

tldr-pages: common/hledger-web

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