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Re:Ask HN: Do you use budgeting software? by n1tranquilla on Thursday June 14, 2018 @01:23PM (#17313367)
Wow. I've used Twilio API before... had no idea you could do something like this. How do you log categories?
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Re:Ask HN: Do you use budgeting software? by gregorymichael on Thursday June 14, 2018 @02:22PM (#17314061)
We define one word categories and their allocated budget in the "budget" tab, then the inbound text always takes the form of: "X.XX category as many words for description as you'd like."

As for doing this kind of thing with Twilio, here are the two building blocks you'd need:

Twilio + Python: https://www.twilio.com/docs/sms/quickstart/python

Python + Google Spreadsheets: https://www.twilio.com/blog/2017/02/an-easy-way-to-read-and-...

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