Today, I am marking this repository as archived, as I am not making use of the API itself anymore.
If you'e interested in taking over the maintenance of the repository, please reach out to me.
python-n26 is a Python library and Command Line Interface to request information from N26 bank accounts. You can use it to check your balance from the terminal or include it in your own Python projects.
Disclaimer: This is an unofficial community project which is not affiliated with N26 GmbH/N26 Inc.
pip3 install n26
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/femueller/python-n26/master/n26.yml.example -O ~/.config/n26.yml
# configure username and password
vim ~/.config/n26.yml
python-n26 uses container-app-conf to provide different options for configuration.
You can place a YAML (n26.yaml
or n26.yml
) or TOML (n26.toml
or n26.tml
) configuration file in ./
, ~/
or ~/.config/
. Have a look at the YAML example and TOML example.
If you want to use environment variables:
N26_USERNAME
: usernameN26_PASSWORD
: passwordN26_DEVICE_TOKEN
: random uuid to identify the deviceN26_LOGIN_DATA_STORE_PATH
: optional file path to store login data (recommended for cli usage)N26_MFA_TYPE
:app
will use the paired app as 2 factor authentication,sms
will use SMS to the registered number.
Note that when specifying both environment variables as well as a config file and a key is present in both locations the enviroment variable values will be preferred.
Since 17th of June 2020 N26 requires a device_token to differentiate clients. This requires you to specify the DEVICE_TOKEN
config option with a UUID of your choice. To generate a UUID you can use f.ex. one of the following options:
Using python:
python -c 'import uuid; print(uuid.uuid4())'
Using linux built-in tools:
> uuidgen
Using a website: https://www.uuidgenerator.net/
Since 14th of September 2019 N26 requires a login confirmation (2 factor authentication).
There are two options here:
- Using the paired phone N26 app to approve login on devices that are not paired. This can be configured by setting
app
as themfa_type
. You will receive a notification on your phone when you start using this library to request data. python-n26 checks for your login confirmation every 5 seconds. If you fail to approve the login request within 60 seconds an exception is raised. - Using a code delivered via SMS to your registered phone number as 2 factor authentication. This can be configured by setting
sms
as themfa_type
.
If you do not specify a login_data_store_path
this login information is only stored in memory. In order to avoid that every CLI command requires a new confirmation, the login data retrieved in the above process can be stored on the file system. Please note that this information must be protected from the eyes of third parties at all costs. You can specify the location to store this data in the Configuration.
> n26 balance
123.45 EUR
Or if using environment variables:
> N26_USER=user N26_PASSWORD=passwd N26_DEVICE_TOKEN=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 N26_MFA_TYPE=app n26 balance
123.45 EUR
If you would like to work with the raw JSON
rather than the pretty table
layout you can use the global -json
parameter:
> n26 -json balance
{
"id": "12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012",
"physicalBalance": null,
"availableBalance": 123.45,
"usableBalance": 123.45,
"bankBalance": 123.45,
"iban": "DE12345678901234567890",
"bic": "NTSBDEB1XXX",
"bankName": "N26 Bank",
"seized": false,
"currency": "EUR",
"legalEntity": "EU",
"users": [
{
"userId": "12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012",
"userRole": "OWNER"
}
],
"externalId": {
"iban": "DE12345678901234567890"
}
}
# ensure the n26 folder exists
mkdir ~/.config/n26
# mount the config and launch the command
sudo docker run -it --rm \
-v "/home/markus/.config/n26.yaml:/app/n26.yaml" \
-v "/home/markus/.config/n26:/.config/n26" \
-u 1000:1000 \
femueller/python-n26
from n26.api import Api
api_client = Api()
print(api_client.get_balance())
This is going to use the same mechanism to load configuration as the CLI tool, to specify your own configuration you can use it as:
from n26.api import Api
from n26.config import Config
conf = Config(validate=False)
conf.USERNAME.value = "[email protected]"
conf.PASSWORD.value = "$upersecret"
conf.LOGIN_DATA_STORE_PATH.value = None
conf.MFA_TYPE.value = "app"
conf.validate()
api_client = Api(conf)
print(api_client.get_balance())
If there are any issues, bugs or missing API endpoints, feel free to contribute by forking the project and creating a Pull-Request.
Prerequirements: Pipenv
git clone [email protected]:femueller/python-n26.git
cd python-n26
pipenv shell
pipenv install
python3 -m n26 balance
- Increment version number in
n26/__init__.py
according to desired SemVer release version - Create a new release using the
Makefile
. This creates a new git tag, which triggers the "Upload Python Package" GitHub Action.- Run
make git-release
, this triggers: https://github.com/femueller/python-n26/actions/workflows/python-publish.yml - New releases end up at: https://pypi.org/project/n26/
- Run
- Nick Jüttner for providing the API authentication flow
- Pierrick Paul for providing the API endpoints
- Go: https://github.com/guitmz/n26 by Guilherme Thomazi Bonicontro
- Go: https://github.com/njuettner/n26 by Nick Jüttner (unmaintained)
- Node https://github.com/PierrickP/n26 by Pierrick Paul (unmaintained)
This project is not affiliated with N26 GmbH/N26 Inc. if you want to learn more about it, visit https://n26.com/.
We've been trying hard to collaborate with N26 however, it's been always really challenging.
There is no guarantee that this project continues to work at any point, since none of the API endpoints are really documented.