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actualbudget / import-ynab5

A tool for importing YNAB5 (nYNAB) data into Actual
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Help a noob get started #1

Closed 68267a closed 2 years ago

68267a commented 4 years ago

Hey, this looks like fun. I'm not a "developer" but I think I could handle this. The problem I have is that my experience is mostly in scripting (bash/powershell/etc). How do I get started in testing what I've written?

Have Actual running locally and run `node index.js /path/to/data.json`.

I'm on Windows. Do I need to install node.js or is it included in the Actual files? I could use a 'prerequisites' section here: https://actualbudget.com/docs/developers/using-the-API/

jlongster commented 4 years ago

@accountnumber3 so sorry I missed this! I would love to help if you are still interested. Yeah, the docs could be improved.

Actual does not provide node. Running the app locally will run the server, and the client is completely separate. You will need to install node to run the code: https://nodejs.org/en/

You should get a node binary, and then you can run node index.js <path-to-file> after checking out this repo.

Is there anything else you want me to explain?

jlongster commented 4 years ago

@accountnumber3 still interested in this?

cristianbostan commented 2 years ago

Yes please

amnuts commented 2 years ago

Just submitted PR #13 which hopefully gives some helpful information in getting the importer up and running.