[Feature] Allow updating account notes via API call

[crazydevman]

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Pitch: what problem are you trying to solve?

The API allows developers to programmatically create accounts, update that account's name, add transactions, etc. However, it's currently not possible to update the account's notes via API. If added to the API, this would allow tools like data importers or sync scripts to update the account's notes field.

Describe your ideal solution to this problem

Example implementation pseudo code:

packages/api/methods/js:

export function saveNotes(id, notes) {
  return send('api/notes-save', { id, notes });
}

packages/loot-core/src/server/api.ts:

handlers['api/notes-save'] = withMutation(async function ({ id, note }) {
  checkFileOpen();
  return handlers['notes-save']({
    id,
    note
  });
});

Example API usage:

await api.saveNotes(accountId, "Example note on my account");

Teaching and learning

API is documented online: https://actualbudget.com/docs/developers/API/

[github-actions]

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