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+<?php
+/**
+ * AccountController.php
+ * Copyright (c) 2020 james@firefly-iii.org
+ *
+ * This file is part of Firefly III (https://github.com/firefly-iii).
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace FireflyIII\Api\V1\Controllers\Autocomplete;
+
+
+use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Controllers\Controller;
+use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\Autocomplete\AutocompleteRequest;
+use FireflyIII\Models\Account;
+use FireflyIII\Models\AccountType;
+use FireflyIII\Repositories\Account\AccountRepositoryInterface;
+use FireflyIII\Support\Http\Api\AccountFilter;
+use FireflyIII\User;
+use Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse;
+
+/**
+ * Class AccountController
+ */
+class AccountController extends Controller
+{
+    use AccountFilter;
+
+    private array                      $balanceTypes;
+    private AccountRepositoryInterface $repository;
+
+    /**
+     * TransactionController constructor.
+     *
+     * @codeCoverageIgnore
+     */
+    public function __construct()
+    {
+        parent::__construct();
+        $this->middleware(
+            function ($request, $next) {
+                /** @var User $user */
+                $user             = auth()->user();
+                $this->repository = app(AccountRepositoryInterface::class);
+                $this->repository->setUser($user);
+
+                return $next($request);
+            }
+        );
+        $this->balanceTypes = [AccountType::ASSET, AccountType::LOAN, AccountType::DEBT, AccountType::MORTGAGE,];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param AutocompleteRequest $request
+     *
+     * @return JsonResponse
+     */
+    public function accounts(AutocompleteRequest $request): JsonResponse
+    {
+        $data  = $request->getData();
+        $types = $data['types'];
+        $query = $data['query'];
+        $date  = $data['date'] ?? today(config('app.timezone'));
+
+        /** @var AccountRepositoryInterface $repository */
+        $repository      = app(AccountRepositoryInterface::class);
+        $return          = [];
+        $result          = $repository->searchAccount((string) $query, $types);
+        $defaultCurrency = app('amount')->getDefaultCurrency();
+
+        /** @var Account $account */
+        foreach ($result as $account) {
+            $nameWithBalance = $account->name;
+            $currency        = $repository->getAccountCurrency($account) ?? $defaultCurrency;
+
+            if (in_array($account->accountType->type, $this->balanceTypes, true)) {
+                $balance         = app('steam')->balance($account, $date);
+                $nameWithBalance = sprintf('%s (%s)', $account->name, app('amount')->formatAnything($currency, $balance, false));
+            }
+
+            $return[] = [
+                'id'                      => $account->id,
+                'name'                    => $account->name,
+                'name_with_balance'       => $nameWithBalance,
+                'type'                    => $account->accountType->type,
+                'currency_id'             => $currency->id,
+                'currency_name'           => $currency->name,
+                'currency_code'           => $currency->code,
+                'currency_decimal_places' => $currency->decimal_places,
+            ];
+        }
+
+        return response()->json($return);
+    }
+}