YNAB Integration

Personal budgeting on YNAB — pull plans, accounts, categories, payees, months, transactions and scheduled transactions; create and update accounts, categories, category groups, payees, transactions (single or bulk) and scheduled transactions; trigger vendor Direct Import. Keep YNAB financial workflows accurate without repetitive manual updates. Start from Get Account and send the resulting data through Get Category or Get Month.

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Supported triggers and actions for YNAB integration

Triggers can detect changes in YNAB and run actions that can create, search or modify data inside YNAB automatically [3] — exactly how you set them.

Get AccountReturns a single account by ID.
Get CategoryReturns a single category by ID.
Get MonthReturns a single month's budget data.
Get Month CategoryReturns a category's budget data for a specific month.
Get PayeeReturns a single payee by ID.
Get Payee LocationReturns a single payee location by ID.
Get PlanReturns a single plan with all related entities.
Get Plan SettingsReturns settings for a specific plan.
Get Scheduled TransactionReturns a single scheduled transaction by ID.
Get TransactionReturns a single transaction by ID.
Get UserReturns the authenticated user's profile.
List AccountsRetrieves a list of accounts in a plan.
List CategoriesRetrieves categories in a plan, grouped by category group.
List Money Movement GroupsRetrieves grouped money movements for a plan.
List Money Movement Groups by MonthRetrieves grouped money movements for a specific month.
List Money MovementsRetrieves money moved between categories in a plan.
List Money Movements by MonthRetrieves money movements for a specific month.
List MonthsRetrieves month budget summaries for a plan.
List Payee LocationsRetrieves GPS locations associated with payees.
List Payee Locations by PayeeRetrieves GPS locations for a specific payee.
List PayeesRetrieves a list of payees in a plan.
List PlansRetrieves a list of plans (budgets) accessible to the token.
List Scheduled TransactionsRetrieves scheduled (recurring) transactions in a plan.
List TransactionsRetrieves transactions in a plan, excluding pending transactions.
List Transactions by AccountRetrieves transactions in a specific account.
List Transactions by CategoryRetrieves transactions in a specific category.
List Transactions by MonthRetrieves transactions for a specific month.
List Transactions by PayeeRetrieves transactions for a specific payee.
Create AccountCreates a new account in the plan.
Create CategoryCreates a new category in the plan.
Create Category GroupCreates a new category group in the plan.
Create PayeeCreates a new payee in the plan.
Create Scheduled TransactionCreates a new scheduled (recurring) transaction.
Create TransactionCreates a transaction (single or split), or multiple transactions at once.
Delete Scheduled TransactionDeletes a scheduled transaction.
Delete TransactionDeletes a transaction.
Import TransactionsTriggers Direct Import for all linked accounts in the plan.
Make an API CallPerforms an arbitrary authorized YNAB API call.
Update CategoryUpdates a category's settings.
Update Category GroupUpdates a category group's name.
Update Month CategoryUpdates a category's budgeted amount for a month.
Update PayeeUpdates a payee's name.
Update Scheduled TransactionUpdates an existing scheduled transaction.
Update TransactionUpdates an existing transaction.
Update Transactions (Bulk)Updates multiple transactions at once, by ID or import ID.

How to integrate YNAB in automation workflow?

3 simple steps to make your YNAB connected with other apps in automation workflows on WEXTL. Up to 10 minutes integration set up.

STEP 1

Select YNAB in workflow

Pick YNAB app in the workflow builder [4] - just one click to select the app.

STEP 2

Connect YNAB

When prompted, authorize access to YNAB in WEXTL once. YNAB credentials are encrypted and never shared with WEXTL. Authorization will be reused in any future API calls [3].

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STEP 3

Build a workflow

Build your workflow with YNAB yourself or with WEXTL® AI Builder. Connect YNAB to any available integrations [5], or use HTTP node to go beyond them.

YNAB

How YNAB connects and integrates with WEXTL

Save and approve your credentials once — WEXTL® stores authorization information encrypted and reuses the authentication whenever YNAB app is called in workflows. That allows your finance automations to run without your attention, per defined schedule [7]. Explore documentation [6] for a detailed list of fields that YNAB supports.

Full YNAB API documentation

The following table illustrates what fields YNAB integration require during authorization flow inside our workflow builder [4].

Demonstration of YNAB connection step inside WEXTL Workflow Builder [4].

Field	Type	Help
Client IDRequired	password	Issued when you register a new OAuth Application in your Account Settings > Developer Settings.
Client SecretRequired	password	Issued when you register a new OAuth Application in your Account Settings > Developer Settings.

Connect YNAB to popular apps on WEXTL

Enter a name of the other app you want to sync with YNAB below. Click on selected app to explore integration options with YNAB. If the app you search for is not available in WEXTL yet, you can use HTTP node [10] instead to integrate it directly.

Example automation with YNAB integration

Select Get Account action from YNAB - this will be a starting point in your automation. Whenever event happens in YNAB, workflow will start [7] from Get Account node.

Search for Create Category, connect it as the next step of integration sequence. You can use filters between Get Account and Create Category, so only important data pass from Get Account to the next step. WEXTL gives you full control over the process of YNAB automation. All parts of workflow are visible on the canvas [4].

YNAB on WEXTL has 45 modules for building finance automations. Explore YNAB documentation for more.

YNAB

Get Account

Corpay

Performs action

Corpay

Triggers

YNAB

Create Category

Demonstration of how visual YNAB automation [6] looks in WEXTL.

Frequently asked questions

Common questions about automating YNAB in your workflows.

YNAB has no triggers, but it provides 45 actions including "Get Account", "Get Category", and "Get Month". Pair them with triggers from other apps to automate YNAB tasks.

Integration has 45 actions, including "Get Account", "Get Category", and "Get Month", and more. Refer to our YNAB Documentation for detailed inputs and outputs.

No. Most automations are built visually on the canvas by picking triggers, actions, and mapping fields. You can add custom JavaScript with Functions when advanced logic is needed — but our customers do that in rare cases [4].

Yes. Connections are authenticated per account, credentials are encrypted at rest, and you can enforce approvals and team-level access controls on any automation.

The YNAB integration on WEXTL runs directly on its vendor public API — every field name, authentication method, and rate limit is controlled by YNAB official API and covered in documentation [3]. WEXTL handles the request signing and pagination for you.

Absolutely. Where YNAB provides native webhooks, you can use instant triggers to eliminate polling delay. For custom webhooks, WEXTL offers Custom Webhook node, so you can start automation whenever YNAB or any other service sends event to webhook URL.

WEXTL is an AI-first visual canvas. The platform allows you to describe automation in plain text — and AI will wire nodes for YNAB inside the workflow builder [4]. You can also use built-in workflow nodes (AI Agent, Human in the Loop, Condition, Aggregate Results) in pair with YNAB modules to craft complex integration flows with branches, filtering, and conditional logic. There are absolutely no limits of what you can build.

References

List of sources used to gather information about the YNAB integration.

YNAB integration source code, module specs and credentials implementation.
Internal YNAB integration documentation, structured input and output parameters, scopes, and authentication methods.
Official YNAB vendor API documentation — used to verify field meanings, authentication flows, and anything our own specs don't fully capture.
WEXTL® Visual Workflow Builder, anonymized data from our technical support team.
WEXTL® Apps Library
WEXTL® YNAB App Documentation
WEXTL® Workflow Scheduler
WEXTL® HTTP node documentation

YNAB Integration

Supported triggers and actions for YNAB integration