ledger-rest

REST web service API to access the Ledger command-line interface (ledger-cli.org).

Ledger is a powerful, double-entry accounting system that is accessed from the UNIX command-line.

MIT License

Dependencies

• Ledger 3
• Node.js and npm

Installing Ledger

The simplest way to install Ledger 3 is through Homebrew.

brew install ledger --HEAD

The --HEAD option is required to install version 3.x.

Usage

Install ledger-rest and its dependencies with npm.

npm install ledger-rest

Use the LedgerRest class to create a new RESTful server and start listening on a given port.

var LedgerRest = require('ledger-rest').LedgerRest;
 
var server = new LedgerRest({ file: 'path/to/ledger/journal/file.dat' });
 
server.listen(3000);

Or use the command line runner to start a server listening on the given port and serving a single Ledger .dat file.

npm install ledger-rest -g
    
ledger-rest -p <port> -f path/to/ledger/journal/file.dat

To confirm the server is listening:

curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:<port>/version
    
{"version":"3.1.1-20160111"}

The following endpoints are available:

• /version
• /balance
• /register