Spectre and Nordigen

Introduction

Both the Nordigen API and Spectre (Salt Edge's API) are free-to-use for Firefly III users. Their products however are paid, and they are commercial organizations. Furthermore, their API access for Firefly III users may be limited.

Please read and agree with all the terms that either company may present you with. They have their own data usage and privacy policies, which you must read up on.

Salt Edge's Spectre API

You can sign up for Salt Edge's services on this page.

Your account will initially have a "pending" status. In order to get access to real banks, please request "test" access from your Client's dashboard main page and mention you’re a Firefly III user.

Limits

Note that Spectre does not offer the possibility of connecting to financial institutions via PSD2/Open Banking channels in the EU or the UK. These connections are limited to web scraping connections. Furthermore, there is a limit of 10 banks.

Since access to the Spectre API is limited to raw data only, you may have to do data cleanup yourself. You can use Firefly III rules or build something yourself.

You can see if your bank is supported on this page.

Nordigen API

You can sign up for the Nordigen API on their website. Access to the Nordigen API is free for both commercial and personal use (that's you). You will not have to request extended access, but you can get the premium access for a fee if you so wish. Keep in mind that the Firefly III Data Importer currently does not support the premium APIs.

Nordigen supports many PSD2-compliant banks in the EU and the UK, making it an alternative for Salt Edge's Spectre API, if you happen to live in these regions.

Access to the Nordigen API is limited to raw data only, which means you may have to do data cleanup yourself. You can use Firefly III rules or build something yourself.