Merge branch 'develop' into dependabot/composer/develop/laravel/passport-13.3.0

🤖 Automatically merge the PR into the develop branch.

.ci/php-cs-fixer/composer.lock

@@ -402,16 +402,16 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "friendsofphp/php-cs-fixer",
-            "version": "v3.88.2",
+            "version": "v3.89.1",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/PHP-CS-Fixer/PHP-CS-Fixer.git",
-                "reference": "a8d15584bafb0f0d9d938827840060fd4a3ebc99"
+                "reference": "f34967da2866ace090a2b447de1f357356474573"
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-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/PHP-CS-Fixer/PHP-CS-Fixer/zipball/a8d15584bafb0f0d9d938827840060fd4a3ebc99",
-                "reference": "a8d15584bafb0f0d9d938827840060fd4a3ebc99",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/PHP-CS-Fixer/PHP-CS-Fixer/zipball/f34967da2866ace090a2b447de1f357356474573",
+                "reference": "f34967da2866ace090a2b447de1f357356474573",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
@@ -426,7 +426,6 @@
                 "php": "^7.4 || ^8.0",
                 "react/child-process": "^0.6.6",
                 "react/event-loop": "^1.5",
-                "react/promise": "^3.3",
                 "react/socket": "^1.16",
                 "react/stream": "^1.4",
                 "sebastian/diff": "^4.0.6 || ^5.1.1 || ^6.0.2 || ^7.0",
@@ -494,7 +493,7 @@
             ],
             "support": {
                 "issues": "https://github.com/PHP-CS-Fixer/PHP-CS-Fixer/issues",
-                "source": "https://github.com/PHP-CS-Fixer/PHP-CS-Fixer/tree/v3.88.2"
+                "source": "https://github.com/PHP-CS-Fixer/PHP-CS-Fixer/tree/v3.89.1"
             },
             "funding": [
                 {
@@ -502,7 +501,7 @@
                     "type": "github"
                 }
             ],
-            "time": "2025-09-27T00:24:15+00:00"
+            "time": "2025-10-24T12:05:10+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "psr/container",
@@ -1252,16 +1251,16 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "symfony/console",
-            "version": "v7.3.4",
+            "version": "v7.3.5",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/symfony/console.git",
-                "reference": "2b9c5fafbac0399a20a2e82429e2bd735dcfb7db"
+                "reference": "cdb80fa5869653c83cfe1a9084a673b6daf57ea7"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/symfony/console/zipball/2b9c5fafbac0399a20a2e82429e2bd735dcfb7db",
-                "reference": "2b9c5fafbac0399a20a2e82429e2bd735dcfb7db",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/symfony/console/zipball/cdb80fa5869653c83cfe1a9084a673b6daf57ea7",
+                "reference": "cdb80fa5869653c83cfe1a9084a673b6daf57ea7",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
@@ -1326,7 +1325,7 @@
                 "terminal"
             ],
             "support": {
-                "source": "https://github.com/symfony/console/tree/v7.3.4"
+                "source": "https://github.com/symfony/console/tree/v7.3.5"
             },
             "funding": [
                 {
@@ -1346,7 +1345,7 @@
                     "type": "tidelift"
                 }
             ],
-            "time": "2025-09-22T15:31:00+00:00"
+            "time": "2025-10-14T15:46:26+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "symfony/deprecation-contracts",
@@ -1647,16 +1646,16 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "symfony/finder",
-            "version": "v7.3.2",
+            "version": "v7.3.5",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/symfony/finder.git",
-                "reference": "2a6614966ba1074fa93dae0bc804227422df4dfe"
+                "reference": "9f696d2f1e340484b4683f7853b273abff94421f"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/symfony/finder/zipball/2a6614966ba1074fa93dae0bc804227422df4dfe",
-                "reference": "2a6614966ba1074fa93dae0bc804227422df4dfe",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/symfony/finder/zipball/9f696d2f1e340484b4683f7853b273abff94421f",
+                "reference": "9f696d2f1e340484b4683f7853b273abff94421f",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
@@ -1691,7 +1690,7 @@
             "description": "Finds files and directories via an intuitive fluent interface",
             "homepage": "https://symfony.com",
             "support": {
-                "source": "https://github.com/symfony/finder/tree/v7.3.2"
+                "source": "https://github.com/symfony/finder/tree/v7.3.5"
             },
             "funding": [
                 {
@@ -1711,7 +1710,7 @@
                     "type": "tidelift"
                 }
             ],
-            "time": "2025-07-15T13:41:35+00:00"
+            "time": "2025-10-15T18:45:57+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "symfony/options-resolver",

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -18,6 +18,16 @@ jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
+      - name: Validate input
+        run: |
+          # validate argument
+          if  [[ $version != develo* ]] && [[ $version != v* ]] && [[ $version != branch* ]] ;
+          then
+            echo "Argument '$version' does not start with a d or with a v or a b"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+        env:
+          version: ${{ github.event_name == 'schedule' && 'develop' || inputs.version }}
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
@@ -36,6 +46,14 @@ jobs:
           extensions: mbstring, intl, zip, bcmath
       - name: Switch and pull
         run: |
+          # validate argument
+          if  [[ $version != d* ]] && [[ $version != v* ]] ;
+          then
+            echo 'Argument does not start with a d or with a v'
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+
           #
           # Always check out origin/develop, unless its a branch release.
           #

THANKS.md

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ Over time, many people have contributed to Firefly III. Their efforts are not al
 Please find below all the people who contributed to the Firefly III code. Their names are mentioned in the year of their first contribution.
 
 ## 2025
+- Jihad
+- jreyesr
+- codearena-bot
 - Nicky De Maeyer
 - Denis Iskandarov
 - Lompi

app/Api/V1/Controllers/Autocomplete/AccountController.php

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ 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\Api\V1\Requests\Autocomplete\AutocompleteApiRequest;
 use FireflyIII\Enums\AccountTypeEnum;
 use FireflyIII\Enums\UserRoleEnum;
 use FireflyIII\Exceptions\FireflyException;
@@ -79,20 +79,26 @@ class AccountController extends Controller
      * @throws FireflyException
      * @throws FireflyException
      */
-    public function accounts(AutocompleteRequest $request): JsonResponse
+    public function accounts(AutocompleteApiRequest $request): JsonResponse
     {
-        $data        = $request->getData();
-        $types       = $data['types'];
-        $query       = $data['query'];
-        $date        = $data['date'];
-        $return      = [];
-        $timer       = Timer::getInstance();
-        $timer->start(sprintf('AC accounts "%s"', $query));
-        $result      = $this->repository->searchAccount((string) $query, $types, $this->parameters->get('limit'));
+        Log::debug('Before All.');
+        [
+            'types' => $types,
+            'query' => $query,
+            'date'  => $date,
+            'limit' => $limit,
+        ]
+                     = $request->attributes->all();
+
+        $date ??= today(config('app.timezone'));
 
         // set date to end-of-day for account balance. so it is at $date 23:59:59
         $date->endOfDay();
 
+        $return      = [];
+        $timer       = Timer::getInstance();
+        $timer->start(sprintf('AC accounts "%s"', $query));
+        $result      = $this->repository->searchAccount((string)$query, $types, $limit);
         $allBalances = Steam::accountsBalancesOptimized($result, $date, $this->primaryCurrency, $this->convertToPrimary);
 
         /** @var Account $account */
@@ -111,17 +117,17 @@ class AccountController extends Controller
             }
 
             $return[]        = [
-                'id'                              => (string) $account->id,
+                'id'                              => (string)$account->id,
                 'name'                            => $account->name,
                 'name_with_balance'               => $nameWithBalance,
                 'active'                          => $account->active,
                 'type'                            => $account->accountType->type,
-                'currency_id'                     => (string) $useCurrency->id,
+                'currency_id'                     => (string)$useCurrency->id,
                 'currency_name'                   => $useCurrency->name,
                 'currency_code'                   => $useCurrency->code,
                 'currency_symbol'                 => $useCurrency->symbol,
                 'currency_decimal_places'         => $useCurrency->decimal_places,
-                'account_currency_id'             => (string) $currency->id,
+                'account_currency_id'             => (string)$currency->id,
                 'account_currency_name'           => $currency->name,
                 'account_currency_code'           => $currency->code,
                 'account_currency_symbol'         => $currency->symbol,
@@ -134,8 +140,8 @@ class AccountController extends Controller
             $return,
             static function (array $left, array $right) {
                 $order = [AccountTypeEnum::ASSET->value, AccountTypeEnum::REVENUE->value, AccountTypeEnum::EXPENSE->value];
-                $posA  = (int) array_search($left['type'], $order, true);
-                $posB  = (int) array_search($right['type'], $order, true);
+                $posA  = (int)array_search($left['type'], $order, true);
+                $posB  = (int)array_search($right['type'], $order, true);
 
                 return $posA - $posB;
             }

app/Api/V1/Controllers/Autocomplete/BillController.php

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ 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\Api\V1\Requests\Autocomplete\AutocompleteApiRequest;
 use FireflyIII\Enums\UserRoleEnum;
 use FireflyIII\Models\Bill;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\Bill\BillRepositoryInterface;
@@ -61,10 +61,9 @@ class BillController extends Controller
      * Documentation for this endpoint is at:
      * https://api-docs.firefly-iii.org/?urls.primaryName=2.0.0%20(v1)#/autocomplete/getBillsAC
      */
-    public function bills(AutocompleteRequest $request): JsonResponse
+    public function bills(AutocompleteApiRequest $request): JsonResponse
     {
-        $data     = $request->getData();
-        $result   = $this->repository->searchBill($data['query'], $this->parameters->get('limit'));
+        $result   = $this->repository->searchBill($request->attributes->get('query'), $request->attributes->get('limit'));
         $filtered = $result->map(
             static fn (Bill $item) => [
                 'id'     => (string) $item->id,

app/Api/V1/Controllers/Autocomplete/BudgetController.php

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ 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\Api\V1\Requests\Autocomplete\AutocompleteApiRequest;
 use FireflyIII\Enums\UserRoleEnum;
 use FireflyIII\Models\Budget;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\Budget\BudgetRepositoryInterface;
@@ -61,10 +61,9 @@ class BudgetController extends Controller
      * Documentation for this endpoint is at:
      * https://api-docs.firefly-iii.org/?urls.primaryName=2.0.0%20(v1)#/autocomplete/getBudgetsAC
      */
-    public function budgets(AutocompleteRequest $request): JsonResponse
+    public function budgets(AutocompleteApiRequest $request): JsonResponse
     {
-        $data     = $request->getData();
-        $result   = $this->repository->searchBudget($data['query'], $this->parameters->get('limit'));
+        $result   = $this->repository->searchBudget($request->attributes->get('query'), $request->attributes->get('limit'));
         $filtered = $result->map(
             static fn (Budget $item) => [
                 'id'     => (string) $item->id,

app/Api/V1/Controllers/Autocomplete/CategoryController.php

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ 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\Api\V1\Requests\Autocomplete\AutocompleteApiRequest;
 use FireflyIII\Enums\UserRoleEnum;
 use FireflyIII\Models\Category;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\Category\CategoryRepositoryInterface;
@@ -61,10 +61,9 @@ class CategoryController extends Controller
      * Documentation for this endpoint is at:
      * https://api-docs.firefly-iii.org/?urls.primaryName=2.0.0%20(v1)#/autocomplete/getCategoriesAC
      */
-    public function categories(AutocompleteRequest $request): JsonResponse
+    public function categories(AutocompleteApiRequest $request): JsonResponse
     {
-        $data     = $request->getData();
-        $result   = $this->repository->searchCategory($data['query'], $this->parameters->get('limit'));
+        $result   = $this->repository->searchCategory($request->attributes->get('query'), $request->attributes->get('limit'));
         $filtered = $result->map(
             static fn (Category $item) => [
                 'id'   => (string) $item->id,

app/Api/V1/Controllers/Autocomplete/CurrencyController.php

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ namespace FireflyIII\Api\V1\Controllers\Autocomplete;
 
 use Deprecated;
 use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Controllers\Controller;
+use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\Autocomplete\AutocompleteApiRequest;
 use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\Autocomplete\AutocompleteRequest;
 use FireflyIII\Enums\UserRoleEnum;
 use FireflyIII\Models\TransactionCurrency;
@@ -62,10 +63,9 @@ class CurrencyController extends Controller
      * Documentation for this endpoint is at:
      * https://api-docs.firefly-iii.org/?urls.primaryName=2.0.0%20(v1)#/autocomplete/getCurrenciesAC
      */
-    public function currencies(AutocompleteRequest $request): JsonResponse
+    public function currencies(AutocompleteApiRequest $request): JsonResponse
     {
-        $data       = $request->getData();
-        $collection = $this->repository->searchCurrency($data['query'], $this->parameters->get('limit'));
+        $collection = $this->repository->searchCurrency($request->attributes->get('query'), $request->attributes->get('limit'));
         $result     = [];
 
         /** @var TransactionCurrency $currency */

app/Api/V1/Controllers/Autocomplete/ObjectGroupController.php

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ 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\Api\V1\Requests\Autocomplete\AutocompleteApiRequest;
 use FireflyIII\Enums\UserRoleEnum;
 use FireflyIII\Models\ObjectGroup;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\ObjectGroup\ObjectGroupRepositoryInterface;
@@ -61,11 +61,10 @@ class ObjectGroupController extends Controller
      * Documentation for this endpoint is at:
      * https://api-docs.firefly-iii.org/?urls.primaryName=2.0.0%20(v1)#/autocomplete/getObjectGroupsAC
      */
-    public function objectGroups(AutocompleteRequest $request): JsonResponse
+    public function objectGroups(AutocompleteApiRequest $request): JsonResponse
     {
-        $data   = $request->getData();
         $return = [];
-        $result = $this->repository->search($data['query'], $this->parameters->get('limit'));
+        $result = $this->repository->search($request->attributes->get('query'), $request->attributes->get('limit'));
 
         /** @var ObjectGroup $objectGroup */
         foreach ($result as $objectGroup) {

app/Api/V1/Controllers/Autocomplete/PiggyBankController.php

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ 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\Api\V1\Requests\Autocomplete\AutocompleteApiRequest;
 use FireflyIII\Enums\UserRoleEnum;
 use FireflyIII\Models\PiggyBank;
 use FireflyIII\Models\TransactionCurrency;
@@ -64,10 +64,9 @@ class PiggyBankController extends Controller
         );
     }
 
-    public function piggyBanks(AutocompleteRequest $request): JsonResponse
+    public function piggyBanks(AutocompleteApiRequest $request): JsonResponse
     {
-        $data     = $request->getData();
-        $piggies  = $this->piggyRepository->searchPiggyBank($data['query'], $this->parameters->get('limit'));
+        $piggies  = $this->piggyRepository->searchPiggyBank($request->attributes->get('query'), $request->attributes->get('limit'));
         $response = [];
 
         /** @var PiggyBank $piggy */
@@ -90,10 +89,9 @@ class PiggyBankController extends Controller
         return response()->api($response);
     }
 
-    public function piggyBanksWithBalance(AutocompleteRequest $request): JsonResponse
+    public function piggyBanksWithBalance(AutocompleteApiRequest $request): JsonResponse
     {
-        $data     = $request->getData();
-        $piggies  = $this->piggyRepository->searchPiggyBank($data['query'], $this->parameters->get('limit'));
+        $piggies  = $this->piggyRepository->searchPiggyBank($request->attributes->get('query'), $request->attributes->get('limit'));
         $response = [];
 
         /** @var PiggyBank $piggy */

app/Api/V1/Controllers/Autocomplete/RecurrenceController.php

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ 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\Api\V1\Requests\Autocomplete\AutocompleteApiRequest;
 use FireflyIII\Enums\UserRoleEnum;
 use FireflyIII\Models\Recurrence;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\Recurring\RecurringRepositoryInterface;
@@ -57,10 +57,9 @@ class RecurrenceController extends Controller
         );
     }
 
-    public function recurring(AutocompleteRequest $request): JsonResponse
+    public function recurring(AutocompleteApiRequest $request): JsonResponse
     {
-        $data        = $request->getData();
-        $recurrences = $this->repository->searchRecurrence($data['query'], $this->parameters->get('limit'));
+        $recurrences = $this->repository->searchRecurrence($request->attributes->get('query'), $request->attributes->get('limit'));
         $response    = [];
 
         /** @var Recurrence $recurrence */

app/Api/V1/Controllers/Autocomplete/RuleController.php

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ 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\Api\V1\Requests\Autocomplete\AutocompleteApiRequest;
 use FireflyIII\Enums\UserRoleEnum;
 use FireflyIII\Models\Rule;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\Rule\RuleRepositoryInterface;
@@ -57,10 +57,9 @@ class RuleController extends Controller
         );
     }
 
-    public function rules(AutocompleteRequest $request): JsonResponse
+    public function rules(AutocompleteApiRequest $request): JsonResponse
     {
-        $data     = $request->getData();
-        $rules    = $this->repository->searchRule($data['query'], $this->parameters->get('limit'));
+        $rules    = $this->repository->searchRule($request->attributes->get('query'), $request->attributes->get('limit'));
         $response = [];
 
         /** @var Rule $rule */

app/Api/V1/Controllers/Autocomplete/RuleGroupController.php

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ 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\Api\V1\Requests\Autocomplete\AutocompleteApiRequest;
 use FireflyIII\Enums\UserRoleEnum;
 use FireflyIII\Models\RuleGroup;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\RuleGroup\RuleGroupRepositoryInterface;
@@ -57,10 +57,9 @@ class RuleGroupController extends Controller
         );
     }
 
-    public function ruleGroups(AutocompleteRequest $request): JsonResponse
+    public function ruleGroups(AutocompleteApiRequest $request): JsonResponse
     {
-        $data     = $request->getData();
-        $groups   = $this->repository->searchRuleGroup($data['query'], $this->parameters->get('limit'));
+        $groups   = $this->repository->searchRuleGroup($request->attributes->get('query'), $request->attributes->get('limit'));
         $response = [];
 
         /** @var RuleGroup $group */

app/Api/V1/Controllers/Autocomplete/TagController.php

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ 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\Api\V1\Requests\Autocomplete\AutocompleteApiRequest;
 use FireflyIII\Enums\UserRoleEnum;
 use FireflyIII\Models\Tag;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\Tag\TagRepositoryInterface;
@@ -57,10 +57,9 @@ class TagController extends Controller
         );
     }
 
-    public function tags(AutocompleteRequest $request): JsonResponse
+    public function tags(AutocompleteApiRequest $request): JsonResponse
     {
-        $data   = $request->getData();
-        $result = $this->repository->searchTags($data['query'], $this->parameters->get('limit'));
+        $result = $this->repository->searchTags($request->attributes->get('query'), $request->attributes->get('limit'));
         $array  = [];
 
         /** @var Tag $tag */

app/Api/V1/Controllers/Autocomplete/TransactionController.php

@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ 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\Api\V1\Requests\Autocomplete\AutocompleteApiRequest;
+use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\Autocomplete\AutocompleteTransactionApiRequest;
 use FireflyIII\Enums\UserRoleEnum;
 use FireflyIII\Models\TransactionGroup;
 use FireflyIII\Models\TransactionJournal;
@@ -64,10 +65,9 @@ class TransactionController extends Controller
         );
     }
 
-    public function transactions(AutocompleteRequest $request): JsonResponse
+    public function transactions(AutocompleteTransactionApiRequest $request): JsonResponse
     {
-        $data     = $request->getData();
-        $result   = $this->repository->searchJournalDescriptions($data['query'], $this->parameters->get('limit'));
+        $result   = $this->repository->searchJournalDescriptions($request->attributes->get('query'), $request->attributes->get('limit'));
 
         // limit and unique
         $filtered = $result->unique('description');
@@ -86,13 +86,12 @@ class TransactionController extends Controller
         return response()->api($array);
     }
 
-    public function transactionsWithID(AutocompleteRequest $request): JsonResponse
+    public function transactionsWithID(AutocompleteApiRequest $request): JsonResponse
     {
-        $data   = $request->getData();
         $result = new Collection();
-        if (is_numeric($data['query'])) {
+        if (is_numeric($request->attributes->get('query'))) {
             // search for group, not journal.
-            $firstResult = $this->groupRepository->find((int) $data['query']);
+            $firstResult = $this->groupRepository->find((int) $request->attributes->get('query'));
             if ($firstResult instanceof TransactionGroup) {
                 // group may contain multiple journals, each a result:
                 foreach ($firstResult->transactionJournals as $journal) {
@@ -100,8 +99,8 @@ class TransactionController extends Controller
                 }
             }
         }
-        if (!is_numeric($data['query'])) {
-            $result = $this->repository->searchJournalDescriptions($data['query'], $this->parameters->get('limit'));
+        if (!is_numeric($request->attributes->get('query'))) {
+            $result = $this->repository->searchJournalDescriptions($request->attributes->get('query'), $request->attributes->get('limit'));
         }
 
         // limit and unique

app/Api/V1/Controllers/Autocomplete/TransactionTypeController.php

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ 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\Api\V1\Requests\Autocomplete\AutocompleteApiRequest;
 use FireflyIII\Enums\UserRoleEnum;
 use FireflyIII\Models\TransactionType;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\TransactionType\TransactionTypeRepositoryInterface;
@@ -55,10 +55,9 @@ class TransactionTypeController extends Controller
         );
     }
 
-    public function transactionTypes(AutocompleteRequest $request): JsonResponse
+    public function transactionTypes(AutocompleteApiRequest $request): JsonResponse
     {
-        $data  = $request->getData();
-        $types = $this->repository->searchTypes($data['query'], $this->parameters->get('limit'));
+        $types = $this->repository->searchTypes($request->attributes->get('query'), $request->attributes->get('limit'));
         $array = [];
 
         /** @var TransactionType $type */

app/Api/V1/Controllers/Chart/BudgetController.php

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ namespace FireflyIII\Api\V1\Controllers\Chart;
 
 use Carbon\Carbon;
 use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Controllers\Controller;
-use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\Data\SameDateRequest;
+use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\DateRangeRequest;
 use FireflyIII\Enums\UserRoleEnum;
 use FireflyIII\Exceptions\FireflyException;
 use FireflyIII\Models\Budget;
@@ -83,15 +83,13 @@ class BudgetController extends Controller
      *
      * @throws FireflyException
      */
-    public function overview(SameDateRequest $request): JsonResponse
+    public function overview(DateRangeRequest $request): JsonResponse
     {
-        $params  = $request->getAll();
-
         /** @var Carbon $start */
-        $start   = $params['start'];
+        $start   = $request->attributes->get('start');
 
         /** @var Carbon $end */
-        $end     = $params['end'];
+        $end     = $request->attributes->get('end');
 
         // code from FrontpageChartGenerator, but not in separate class
         $budgets = $this->repository->getActiveBudgets();

app/Api/V1/Controllers/Chart/CategoryController.php

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ namespace FireflyIII\Api\V1\Controllers\Chart;
 
 use Carbon\Carbon;
 use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Controllers\Controller;
-use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\Data\SameDateRequest;
+use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\DateRangeRequest;
 use FireflyIII\Enums\AccountTypeEnum;
 use FireflyIII\Enums\TransactionTypeEnum;
 use FireflyIII\Enums\UserRoleEnum;
@@ -80,13 +80,13 @@ class CategoryController extends Controller
      *
      * @SuppressWarnings("PHPMD.UnusedFormalParameter")
      */
-    public function overview(SameDateRequest $request): JsonResponse
+    public function overview(DateRangeRequest $request): JsonResponse
     {
         /** @var Carbon $start */
-        $start      = $this->parameters->get('start');
+        $start      = $request->attributes->get('start');
 
         /** @var Carbon $end */
-        $end        = $this->parameters->get('end');
+        $end        = $request->attributes->get('end');
         $accounts   = $this->accountRepos->getAccountsByType([AccountTypeEnum::DEBT->value, AccountTypeEnum::LOAN->value, AccountTypeEnum::MORTGAGE->value, AccountTypeEnum::ASSET->value]);
         $currencies = [];
         $return     = [];

app/Api/V1/Controllers/Controller.php

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ use Carbon\Exceptions\InvalidFormatException;
 use FireflyIII\Exceptions\BadHttpHeaderException;
 use FireflyIII\Models\TransactionCurrency;
 use FireflyIII\Support\Facades\Amount;
+use FireflyIII\Support\Facades\Preferences;
 use FireflyIII\Support\Facades\Steam;
 use FireflyIII\Support\Http\Api\ValidatesUserGroupTrait;
 use FireflyIII\Transformers\AbstractTransformer;
@@ -67,6 +68,8 @@ abstract class Controller extends BaseController
 
     protected bool                $convertToPrimary = false;
     protected TransactionCurrency $primaryCurrency;
+
+    /** @deprecated use Request classes */
     protected ParameterBag        $parameters;
 
     /**
@@ -98,7 +101,8 @@ abstract class Controller extends BaseController
     }
 
     /**
-     * Method to grab all parameters from the URL.
+     * @deprecated use Request classes
+     * Method to grab all parameters from the URL
      */
     private function getParameters(): ParameterBag
     {
@@ -156,7 +160,7 @@ abstract class Controller extends BaseController
                 /** @var User $user */
                 $user     = auth()->user();
 
-                $pageSize = (int)app('preferences')->getForUser($user, 'listPageSize', 50)->data;
+                $pageSize = (int)Preferences::getForUser($user, 'listPageSize', 50)->data;
                 $bag->set($integer, $pageSize);
             }
         }

app/Api/V1/Controllers/Data/DestroyController.php

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ use FireflyIII\Repositories\RuleGroup\RuleGroupRepositoryInterface;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\Tag\TagRepositoryInterface;
 use FireflyIII\Services\Internal\Destroy\AccountDestroyService;
 use FireflyIII\Services\Internal\Destroy\JournalDestroyService;
+use FireflyIII\Support\Facades\Preferences;
 use Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ class DestroyController extends Controller
             default                  => throw new FireflyException(sprintf('200033: This endpoint can\'t handle object "%s"', $objects)),
         };
 
-        app('preferences')->mark();
+        Preferences::mark();
 
         return response()->json([], 204);
     }

app/Api/V1/Controllers/Models/Account/DestroyController.php

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ namespace FireflyIII\Api\V1\Controllers\Models\Account;
 use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Controllers\Controller;
 use FireflyIII\Models\Account;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\Account\AccountRepositoryInterface;
+use FireflyIII\Support\Facades\Preferences;
 use Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse;
 
 /**
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ class DestroyController extends Controller
     public function destroy(Account $account): JsonResponse
     {
         $this->repository->destroy($account, null);
-        app('preferences')->mark();
+        Preferences::mark();
 
         return response()->json([], 204);
     }

app/Api/V1/Controllers/Models/Account/ListController.php

@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 namespace FireflyIII\Api\V1\Controllers\Models\Account;
 
 use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Controllers\Controller;
+use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\Generic\PaginationDateRangeRequest;
+use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\PaginationRequest;
 use FireflyIII\Helpers\Collector\GroupCollectorInterface;
 use FireflyIII\Models\Account;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\Account\AccountRepositoryInterface;
@@ -36,7 +38,6 @@ use FireflyIII\Transformers\PiggyBankTransformer;
 use FireflyIII\Transformers\TransactionGroupTransformer;
 use FireflyIII\User;
 use Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse;
-use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Pagination\LengthAwarePaginator;
 use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
 use League\Fractal\Pagination\IlluminatePaginatorAdapter;
@@ -69,22 +70,25 @@ class ListController extends Controller
         );
     }
 
-    public function attachments(Account $account): JsonResponse
+    public function attachments(PaginationRequest $request, Account $account): JsonResponse
     {
         $manager     = $this->getManager();
-        $pageSize    = $this->parameters->get('limit');
+        [
+            'limit'  => $limit,
+            'offset' => $offset,
+            'page'   => $page,
+        ]            = $request->attributes->all();
         $collection  = $this->repository->getAttachments($account);
 
         $count       = $collection->count();
-        $attachments = $collection->slice(($this->parameters->get('page') - 1) * $pageSize, $pageSize);
+        $attachments = $collection->slice($offset, $limit);
 
         // make paginator:
-        $paginator   = new LengthAwarePaginator($attachments, $count, $pageSize, $this->parameters->get('page'));
+        $paginator   = new LengthAwarePaginator($attachments, $count, $limit, $page);
         $paginator->setPath(route('api.v1.accounts.attachments', [$account->id]).$this->buildParams());
 
         /** @var AttachmentTransformer $transformer */
         $transformer = app(AttachmentTransformer::class);
-        $transformer->setParameters($this->parameters);
 
         $resource    = new FractalCollection($attachments, $transformer, 'attachments');
         $resource->setPaginator(new IlluminatePaginatorAdapter($paginator));
@@ -92,18 +96,21 @@ class ListController extends Controller
         return response()->json($manager->createData($resource)->toArray())->header('Content-Type', self::CONTENT_TYPE);
     }
 
-    public function piggyBanks(Account $account): JsonResponse
+    public function piggyBanks(PaginationRequest $request, Account $account): JsonResponse
     {
         // create some objects:
         $manager     = $this->getManager();
 
-        // types to get, page size:
-        $pageSize    = $this->parameters->get('limit');
+        [
+            'limit'  => $limit,
+            'offset' => $offset,
+            'page'   => $page,
+        ]            = $request->attributes->all();
 
         // get list of piggy banks. Count it and split it.
         $collection  = $this->repository->getPiggyBanks($account);
         $count       = $collection->count();
-        $piggyBanks  = $collection->slice(($this->parameters->get('page') - 1) * $pageSize, $pageSize);
+        $piggyBanks  = $collection->slice($offset, $limit);
 
         // enrich
         /** @var User $admin */
@@ -113,12 +120,12 @@ class ListController extends Controller
         $piggyBanks  = $enrichment->enrich($piggyBanks);
 
         // make paginator:
-        $paginator   = new LengthAwarePaginator($piggyBanks, $count, $pageSize, $this->parameters->get('page'));
+        $paginator   = new LengthAwarePaginator($piggyBanks, $count, $limit, $page);
         $paginator->setPath(route('api.v1.accounts.piggy-banks', [$account->id]).$this->buildParams());
 
         /** @var PiggyBankTransformer $transformer */
         $transformer = app(PiggyBankTransformer::class);
-        $transformer->setParameters($this->parameters);
+        // $transformer->setParameters($this->parameters);
 
         $resource    = new FractalCollection($piggyBanks, $transformer, 'piggy-banks');
         $resource->setPaginator(new IlluminatePaginatorAdapter($paginator));
@@ -129,12 +136,15 @@ class ListController extends Controller
     /**
      * Show all transaction groups related to the account.
      */
-    public function transactions(Request $request, Account $account): JsonResponse
+    public function transactions(PaginationDateRangeRequest $request, Account $account): JsonResponse
     {
-        $pageSize     = $this->parameters->get('limit');
-        $type         = $request->get('type') ?? 'default';
-        $this->parameters->set('type', $type);
-        $types        = $this->mapTransactionTypes($this->parameters->get('type'));
+        [
+            'limit'  => $limit,
+            'page'   => $page,
+            'start'  => $start,
+            'end'    => $end,
+            'types'  => $types,
+        ]             = $request->attributes->all();
         $manager      = $this->getManager();
 
         /** @var User $admin */
@@ -143,15 +153,12 @@ class ListController extends Controller
         // use new group collector:
         /** @var GroupCollectorInterface $collector */
         $collector    = app(GroupCollectorInterface::class);
-        $collector->setUser($admin)->setAccounts(new Collection()->push($account))
-            ->withAPIInformation()->setLimit($pageSize)->setPage($this->parameters->get('page'))->setTypes($types)
-        ;
-
-        if (null !== $this->parameters->get('start')) {
-            $collector->setStart($this->parameters->get('start'));
+        $collector->setUser($admin)->setAccounts(new Collection()->push($account))->withAPIInformation()->setLimit($limit)->setPage($page)->setTypes($types);
+        if (null !== $start) {
+            $collector->setStart($start);
         }
-        if (null !== $this->parameters->get('end')) {
-            $collector->setEnd($this->parameters->get('end'));
+        if (null !== $end) {
+            $collector->setEnd($end);
         }
 
         $paginator    = $collector->getPaginatedGroups();
@@ -164,7 +171,6 @@ class ListController extends Controller
 
         /** @var TransactionGroupTransformer $transformer */
         $transformer  = app(TransactionGroupTransformer::class);
-        $transformer->setParameters($this->parameters);
 
         $resource     = new FractalCollection($transactions, $transformer, 'transactions');
         $resource->setPaginator(new IlluminatePaginatorAdapter($paginator));

app/Api/V1/Controllers/Models/Account/ShowController.php

@@ -71,45 +71,45 @@ class ShowController extends Controller
     public function index(ShowRequest $request): JsonResponse
     {
         $manager     = $this->getManager();
-        $params      = $request->getParameters();
-        $this->parameters->set('type', $params['type']);
-
-        // types to get, page size:
-        $types       = $this->mapAccountTypes($params['type']);
+        [
+            'types'  => $types,
+            'page'   => $page,
+            'limit'  => $limit,
+            'offset' => $offset,
+            'sort'   => $sort,
+            'start'  => $start,
+            'end'    => $end,
+            'date'   => $date,
+        ]
+                     = $request->attributes->all();
 
         // get list of accounts. Count it and split it.
         $this->repository->resetAccountOrder();
-        $collection  = $this->repository->getAccountsByType($types, $params['sort']);
+        $collection  = $this->repository->getAccountsByType($types, $sort);
         $count       = $collection->count();
 
         // continue sort:
         // TODO if the user sorts on DB dependent field there must be no slice before enrichment, only after.
         // TODO still need to figure out how to do this easily.
-        $accounts    = $collection->slice(($this->parameters->get('page') - 1) * $params['limit'], $params['limit']);
-
-        // #11007 go to the end of the previous day.
-        $this->parameters->set('start', $this->parameters->get('start')?->subSecond());
-        // #11018 also end of the day.
-        $this->parameters->set('end', $this->parameters->get('end')?->endOfDay());
+        $accounts    = $collection->slice($offset, $limit);
 
         // enrich
         /** @var User $admin */
         $admin       = auth()->user();
         $enrichment  = new AccountEnrichment();
-        $enrichment->setSort($params['sort']);
-        $enrichment->setDate($this->parameters->get('date'));
-        $enrichment->setStart($this->parameters->get('start'));
-        $enrichment->setEnd($this->parameters->get('end'));
+        $enrichment->setSort($sort);
+        $enrichment->setDate($date);
+        $enrichment->setStart($start);
+        $enrichment->setEnd($end);
         $enrichment->setUser($admin);
         $accounts    = $enrichment->enrich($accounts);
 
         // make paginator:
-        $paginator   = new LengthAwarePaginator($accounts, $count, $params['limit'], $this->parameters->get('page'));
+        $paginator   = new LengthAwarePaginator($accounts, $count, $limit, $page);
         $paginator->setPath(route('api.v1.accounts.index').$this->buildParams());
 
         /** @var AccountTransformer $transformer */
         $transformer = app(AccountTransformer::class);
-        $transformer->setParameters($this->parameters);
 
         $resource    = new FractalCollection($accounts, $transformer, self::RESOURCE_KEY);
         $resource->setPaginator(new IlluminatePaginatorAdapter($paginator));
@@ -128,28 +128,25 @@ class ShowController extends Controller
         // get list of accounts. Count it and split it.
         $this->repository->resetAccountOrder();
         $account->refresh();
-        $manager     = $this->getManager();
-
-        // #11007 go to the end of the previous day.
-        $this->parameters->set('start', $this->parameters->get('start')?->subSecond());
-        // #11018 also end of the day.
-        $this->parameters->set('end', $this->parameters->get('end')?->endOfDay());
+        $manager                = $this->getManager();
+        ['start'     => $start,
+            'end'    => $end,
+            'date'   => $date,] = $request->attributes->all();
 
         // enrich
         /** @var User $admin */
-        $admin       = auth()->user();
-        $enrichment  = new AccountEnrichment();
-        $enrichment->setDate($this->parameters->get('date'));
-        $enrichment->setStart($this->parameters->get('start'));
-        $enrichment->setEnd($this->parameters->get('end'));
+        $admin                  = auth()->user();
+        $enrichment             = new AccountEnrichment();
+        $enrichment->setDate($date);
+        $enrichment->setStart($start);
+        $enrichment->setEnd($end);
         $enrichment->setUser($admin);
-        $account     = $enrichment->enrichSingle($account);
+        $account                = $enrichment->enrichSingle($account);
 
 
         /** @var AccountTransformer $transformer */
-        $transformer = app(AccountTransformer::class);
-        $transformer->setParameters($this->parameters);
-        $resource    = new Item($account, $transformer, self::RESOURCE_KEY);
+        $transformer            = app(AccountTransformer::class);
+        $resource               = new Item($account, $transformer, self::RESOURCE_KEY);
 
         return response()->json($manager->createData($resource)->toArray())->header('Content-Type', self::CONTENT_TYPE);
     }

app/Api/V1/Controllers/Models/Account/StoreController.php

@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ class StoreController extends Controller
 
         /** @var AccountTransformer $transformer */
         $transformer = app(AccountTransformer::class);
-        $transformer->setParameters($this->parameters);
 
         $resource    = new Item($account, $transformer, self::RESOURCE_KEY);
 

app/Api/V1/Controllers/Models/Account/UpdateController.php

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Controllers\Controller;
 use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\Models\Account\UpdateRequest;
 use FireflyIII\Models\Account;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\Account\AccountRepositoryInterface;
+use FireflyIII\Support\Facades\Preferences;
 use FireflyIII\Support\JsonApi\Enrichments\AccountEnrichment;
 use FireflyIII\Transformers\AccountTransformer;
 use FireflyIII\User;
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ class UpdateController extends Controller
         $account      = $this->repository->update($account, $data);
         $manager      = $this->getManager();
         $account->refresh();
-        app('preferences')->mark();
+        Preferences::mark();
 
         // enrich
         /** @var User $admin */
@@ -86,7 +87,6 @@ class UpdateController extends Controller
 
         /** @var AccountTransformer $transformer */
         $transformer  = app(AccountTransformer::class);
-        $transformer->setParameters($this->parameters);
         $resource     = new Item($account, $transformer, self::RESOURCE_KEY);
 
         return response()->json($manager->createData($resource)->toArray())->header('Content-Type', self::CONTENT_TYPE);

app/Api/V1/Controllers/Models/Attachment/DestroyController.php

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Controllers\Controller;
 use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Middleware\ApiDemoUser;
 use FireflyIII\Models\Attachment;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\Attachment\AttachmentRepositoryInterface;
+use FireflyIII\Support\Facades\Preferences;
 use FireflyIII\User;
 use Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ class DestroyController extends Controller
         }
 
         $this->repository->destroy($attachment);
-        app('preferences')->mark();
+        Preferences::mark();
 
         return response()->json([], 204);
     }

app/Api/V1/Controllers/Models/Attachment/ShowController.php

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ namespace FireflyIII\Api\V1\Controllers\Models\Attachment;
 
 use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Controllers\Controller;
 use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Middleware\ApiDemoUser;
+use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\PaginationRequest;
 use FireflyIII\Exceptions\FireflyException;
 use FireflyIII\Models\Attachment;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\Attachment\AttachmentRepositoryInterface;
@@ -120,8 +121,14 @@ class ShowController extends Controller
      *
      * Display a listing of the resource.
      */
-    public function index(): JsonResponse
+    public function index(PaginationRequest $request): JsonResponse
     {
+        [
+            'limit'  => $limit,
+            'offset' => $offset,
+            'page'   => $page,
+        ]            = $request->attributes->all();
+
         if (true === auth()->user()->hasRole('demo')) {
             Log::channel('audit')->warning(sprintf('Demo user tries to access attachment API in %s', __METHOD__));
 
@@ -130,21 +137,17 @@ class ShowController extends Controller
 
         $manager     = $this->getManager();
 
-        // types to get, page size:
-        $pageSize    = $this->parameters->get('limit');
-
         // get list of attachments. Count it and split it.
         $collection  = $this->repository->get();
         $count       = $collection->count();
-        $attachments = $collection->slice(($this->parameters->get('page') - 1) * $pageSize, $pageSize);
+        $attachments = $collection->slice($offset, $limit);
 
         // make paginator:
-        $paginator   = new LengthAwarePaginator($attachments, $count, $pageSize, $this->parameters->get('page'));
+        $paginator   = new LengthAwarePaginator($attachments, $count, $limit, $page);
         $paginator->setPath(route('api.v1.attachments.index').$this->buildParams());
 
         /** @var AttachmentTransformer $transformer */
         $transformer = app(AttachmentTransformer::class);
-        $transformer->setParameters($this->parameters);
 
         $resource    = new FractalCollection($attachments, $transformer, 'attachments');
         $resource->setPaginator(new IlluminatePaginatorAdapter($paginator));
@@ -169,7 +172,6 @@ class ShowController extends Controller
 
         /** @var AttachmentTransformer $transformer */
         $transformer = app(AttachmentTransformer::class);
-        $transformer->setParameters($this->parameters);
 
         $resource    = new Item($attachment, $transformer, 'attachments');
 

app/Api/V1/Controllers/Models/Attachment/StoreController.php

@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ class StoreController extends Controller
 
         /** @var AttachmentTransformer $transformer */
         $transformer = app(AttachmentTransformer::class);
-        $transformer->setParameters($this->parameters);
 
         $resource    = new Item($attachment, $transformer, 'attachments');
 

app/Api/V1/Controllers/Models/Attachment/UpdateController.php

@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ class UpdateController extends Controller
 
         /** @var AttachmentTransformer $transformer */
         $transformer = app(AttachmentTransformer::class);
-        $transformer->setParameters($this->parameters);
 
         $resource    = new Item($attachment, $transformer, 'attachments');
 

app/Api/V1/Controllers/Models/AvailableBudget/ShowController.php

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 namespace FireflyIII\Api\V1\Controllers\Models\AvailableBudget;
 
 use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Controllers\Controller;
+use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\Generic\PaginationDateRangeRequest;
 use FireflyIII\Models\AvailableBudget;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\Budget\AvailableBudgetRepositoryInterface;
 use FireflyIII\Support\JsonApi\Enrichments\AvailableBudgetEnrichment;
@@ -67,19 +68,21 @@ class ShowController extends Controller
      *
      * Display a listing of the resource.
      */
-    public function index(): JsonResponse
+    public function index(PaginationDateRangeRequest $request): JsonResponse
     {
         $manager          = $this->getManager();
-
-        // types to get, page size:
-        $pageSize         = $this->parameters->get('limit');
-        $start            = $this->parameters->get('start');
-        $end              = $this->parameters->get('end');
+        [
+            'limit'  => $limit,
+            'offset' => $offset,
+            'page'   => $page,
+            'start'  => $start,
+            'end'    => $end,
+        ]                 = $request->attributes->all();
 
         // get list of available budgets. Count it and split it.
         $collection       = $this->abRepository->getAvailableBudgetsByDate($start, $end);
         $count            = $collection->count();
-        $availableBudgets = $collection->slice(($this->parameters->get('page') - 1) * $pageSize, $pageSize);
+        $availableBudgets = $collection->slice($offset, $limit);
 
         // enrich
         /** @var User $admin */
@@ -89,12 +92,11 @@ class ShowController extends Controller
         $availableBudgets = $enrichment->enrich($availableBudgets);
 
         // make paginator:
-        $paginator        = new LengthAwarePaginator($availableBudgets, $count, $pageSize, $this->parameters->get('page'));
+        $paginator        = new LengthAwarePaginator($availableBudgets, $count, $limit, $page);
         $paginator->setPath(route('api.v1.available-budgets.index').$this->buildParams());
 
         /** @var AvailableBudgetTransformer $transformer */
         $transformer      = app(AvailableBudgetTransformer::class);
-        $transformer->setParameters($this->parameters);
 
         $resource         = new FractalCollection($availableBudgets, $transformer, 'available_budgets');
         $resource->setPaginator(new IlluminatePaginatorAdapter($paginator));
@@ -116,15 +118,12 @@ class ShowController extends Controller
 
         /** @var AvailableBudgetTransformer $transformer */
         $transformer     = app(AvailableBudgetTransformer::class);
-        $transformer->setParameters($this->parameters);
 
         // enrich
         /** @var User $admin */
         $admin           = auth()->user();
         $enrichment      = new AvailableBudgetEnrichment();
         $enrichment->setUser($admin);
-        //        $enrichment->setStart($start);
-        //        $enrichment->setEnd($end);
         $availableBudget = $enrichment->enrichSingle($availableBudget);
 
 

app/Api/V1/Controllers/Models/Bill/DestroyController.php

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ namespace FireflyIII\Api\V1\Controllers\Models\Bill;
 use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Controllers\Controller;
 use FireflyIII\Models\Bill;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\Bill\BillRepositoryInterface;
+use FireflyIII\Support\Facades\Preferences;
 use Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse;
 
 /**
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ class DestroyController extends Controller
     public function destroy(Bill $bill): JsonResponse
     {
         $this->repository->destroy($bill);
-        app('preferences')->mark();
+        Preferences::mark();
 
         return response()->json([], 204);
     }

app/Api/V1/Controllers/Models/Bill/ListController.php

@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 namespace FireflyIII\Api\V1\Controllers\Models\Bill;
 
 use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Controllers\Controller;
+use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\Generic\PaginationDateRangeRequest;
+use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\PaginationRequest;
 use FireflyIII\Helpers\Collector\GroupCollectorInterface;
 use FireflyIII\Models\Bill;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\Bill\BillRepositoryInterface;
@@ -35,7 +37,6 @@ use FireflyIII\Transformers\RuleTransformer;
 use FireflyIII\Transformers\TransactionGroupTransformer;
 use FireflyIII\User;
 use Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse;
-use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Pagination\LengthAwarePaginator;
 use League\Fractal\Pagination\IlluminatePaginatorAdapter;
 use League\Fractal\Resource\Collection as FractalCollection;
@@ -71,22 +72,25 @@ class ListController extends Controller
      *
      * Display a listing of the resource.
      */
-    public function attachments(Bill $bill): JsonResponse
+    public function attachments(PaginationRequest $request, Bill $bill): JsonResponse
     {
+        [
+            'limit'  => $limit,
+            'offset' => $offset,
+            'page'   => $page,
+        ]            = $request->attributes->all();
         $manager     = $this->getManager();
-        $pageSize    = $this->parameters->get('limit');
         $collection  = $this->repository->getAttachments($bill);
 
         $count       = $collection->count();
-        $attachments = $collection->slice(($this->parameters->get('page') - 1) * $pageSize, $pageSize);
+        $attachments = $collection->slice($offset, $limit);
 
         // make paginator:
-        $paginator   = new LengthAwarePaginator($attachments, $count, $pageSize, $this->parameters->get('page'));
+        $paginator   = new LengthAwarePaginator($attachments, $count, $limit, $page);
         $paginator->setPath(route('api.v1.bills.attachments', [$bill->id]).$this->buildParams());
 
         /** @var AttachmentTransformer $transformer */
         $transformer = app(AttachmentTransformer::class);
-        $transformer->setParameters($this->parameters);
 
         $resource    = new FractalCollection($attachments, $transformer, 'attachments');
         $resource->setPaginator(new IlluminatePaginatorAdapter($paginator));
@@ -100,25 +104,25 @@ class ListController extends Controller
      *
      * List all of them.
      */
-    public function rules(Bill $bill): JsonResponse
+    public function rules(PaginationRequest $request, Bill $bill): JsonResponse
     {
+        [
+            'limit'  => $limit,
+            'offset' => $offset,
+            'page'   => $page,
+        ]            = $request->attributes->all();
+
         $manager     = $this->getManager();
-
-        // types to get, page size:
-        $pageSize    = $this->parameters->get('limit');
-
-        // get list of budgets. Count it and split it.
         $collection  = $this->repository->getRulesForBill($bill);
         $count       = $collection->count();
-        $rules       = $collection->slice(($this->parameters->get('page') - 1) * $pageSize, $pageSize);
+        $rules       = $collection->slice($offset, $limit);
 
         // make paginator:
-        $paginator   = new LengthAwarePaginator($rules, $count, $pageSize, $this->parameters->get('page'));
+        $paginator   = new LengthAwarePaginator($rules, $count, $limit, $page);
         $paginator->setPath(route('api.v1.bills.rules', [$bill->id]).$this->buildParams());
 
         /** @var RuleTransformer $transformer */
         $transformer = app(RuleTransformer::class);
-        $transformer->setParameters($this->parameters);
         $resource    = new FractalCollection($rules, $transformer, 'rules');
         $resource->setPaginator(new IlluminatePaginatorAdapter($paginator));
 
@@ -131,13 +135,16 @@ class ListController extends Controller
      *
      * Show all transactions.
      */
-    public function transactions(Request $request, Bill $bill): JsonResponse
+    public function transactions(PaginationDateRangeRequest $request, Bill $bill): JsonResponse
     {
-        $pageSize     = $this->parameters->get('limit');
-        $type         = $request->get('type') ?? 'default';
-        $this->parameters->set('type', $type);
+        [
+            'limit'  => $limit,
+            'page'   => $page,
+            'types'  => $types,
+            'start'  => $start,
+            'end'    => $end,
+        ]             = $request->attributes->all();
 
-        $types        = $this->mapTransactionTypes($this->parameters->get('type'));
         $manager      = $this->getManager();
 
         /** @var User $admin */
@@ -153,18 +160,18 @@ class ListController extends Controller
             // all info needed for the API:
             ->withAPIInformation()
             // set page size:
-            ->setLimit($pageSize)
+            ->setLimit($limit)
             // set page to retrieve
-            ->setPage($this->parameters->get('page'))
+            ->setPage($page)
             // set types of transactions to return.
             ->setTypes($types)
         ;
 
-        if (null !== $this->parameters->get('start')) {
-            $collector->setStart($this->parameters->get('start'));
+        if (null !== $start) {
+            $collector->setStart($start);
         }
-        if (null !== $this->parameters->get('end')) {
-            $collector->setEnd($this->parameters->get('end'));
+        if (null !== $end) {
+            $collector->setEnd($end);
         }
 
         // get paginator.
@@ -178,7 +185,6 @@ class ListController extends Controller
 
         /** @var TransactionGroupTransformer $transformer */
         $transformer  = app(TransactionGroupTransformer::class);
-        $transformer->setParameters($this->parameters);
 
         $resource     = new FractalCollection($transactions, $transformer, 'transactions');
         $resource->setPaginator(new IlluminatePaginatorAdapter($paginator));

app/Api/V1/Controllers/Models/Bill/ShowController.php

@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 namespace FireflyIII\Api\V1\Controllers\Models\Bill;
 
 use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Controllers\Controller;
+use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\DateRangeRequest;
+use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\Generic\PaginationDateRangeRequest;
 use FireflyIII\Models\Bill;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\Bill\BillRepositoryInterface;
 use FireflyIII\Support\JsonApi\Enrichments\SubscriptionEnrichment;
@@ -65,28 +67,34 @@ class ShowController extends Controller
      *
      * Display a listing of the resource.
      */
-    public function index(): JsonResponse
+    public function index(PaginationDateRangeRequest $request): JsonResponse
     {
+        [
+            'limit'  => $limit,
+            'offset' => $offset,
+            'start'  => $start,
+            'end'    => $end,
+            'page'   => $page,
+        ]            = $request->attributes->all();
+
         $this->repository->correctOrder();
         $bills       = $this->repository->getBills();
         $manager     = $this->getManager();
-        $pageSize    = $this->parameters->get('limit');
         $count       = $bills->count();
-        $bills       = $bills->slice(($this->parameters->get('page') - 1) * $pageSize, $pageSize);
-        $paginator   = new LengthAwarePaginator($bills, $count, $pageSize, $this->parameters->get('page'));
+        $bills       = $bills->slice($offset, $limit);
+        $paginator   = new LengthAwarePaginator($bills, $count, $limit, $page);
 
         // enrich
         /** @var User $admin */
         $admin       = auth()->user();
         $enrichment  = new SubscriptionEnrichment();
         $enrichment->setUser($admin);
-        $enrichment->setStart($this->parameters->get('start'));
-        $enrichment->setEnd($this->parameters->get('end'));
+        $enrichment->setStart($start);
+        $enrichment->setEnd($end);
         $bills       = $enrichment->enrich($bills);
 
         /** @var BillTransformer $transformer */
         $transformer = app(BillTransformer::class);
-        $transformer->setParameters($this->parameters);
 
         $resource    = new FractalCollection($bills, $transformer, 'bills');
         $resource->setPaginator(new IlluminatePaginatorAdapter($paginator));
@@ -100,8 +108,13 @@ class ShowController extends Controller
      *
      * Show the specified bill.
      */
-    public function show(Bill $bill): JsonResponse
+    public function show(DateRangeRequest $request, Bill $bill): JsonResponse
     {
+        [
+            'start'  => $start,
+            'end'    => $end,
+        ]            = $request->attributes->all();
+
         $manager     = $this->getManager();
 
         // enrich
@@ -109,13 +122,12 @@ class ShowController extends Controller
         $admin       = auth()->user();
         $enrichment  = new SubscriptionEnrichment();
         $enrichment->setUser($admin);
-        $enrichment->setStart($this->parameters->get('start'));
-        $enrichment->setEnd($this->parameters->get('end'));
+        $enrichment->setStart($start);
+        $enrichment->setEnd($end);
         $bill        = $enrichment->enrichSingle($bill);
 
         /** @var BillTransformer $transformer */
         $transformer = app(BillTransformer::class);
-        $transformer->setParameters($this->parameters);
 
         $resource    = new Item($bill, $transformer, 'bills');
 

app/Api/V1/Controllers/Models/Budget/DestroyController.php

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ namespace FireflyIII\Api\V1\Controllers\Models\Budget;
 use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Controllers\Controller;
 use FireflyIII\Models\Budget;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\Budget\BudgetRepositoryInterface;
+use FireflyIII\Support\Facades\Preferences;
 use Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse;
 
 /**
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ class DestroyController extends Controller
     public function destroy(Budget $budget): JsonResponse
     {
         $this->repository->destroy($budget);
-        app('preferences')->mark();
+        Preferences::mark();
 
         return response()->json([], 204);
     }

app/Api/V1/Controllers/Models/BudgetLimit/DestroyController.php

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ use FireflyIII\Exceptions\FireflyException;
 use FireflyIII\Models\Budget;
 use FireflyIII\Models\BudgetLimit;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\Budget\BudgetLimitRepositoryInterface;
+use FireflyIII\Support\Facades\Preferences;
 use FireflyIII\User;
 use Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse;
 
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ class DestroyController extends Controller
             throw new FireflyException('20028: The budget limit does not belong to the budget.');
         }
         $this->blRepository->destroyBudgetLimit($budgetLimit);
-        app('preferences')->mark();
+        Preferences::mark();
 
         return response()->json([], 204);
     }

app/Api/V1/Controllers/Models/BudgetLimit/ShowController.php

@@ -172,7 +172,6 @@ class ShowController extends Controller
 
         /** @var BudgetLimitTransformer $transformer */
         $transformer = app(BudgetLimitTransformer::class);
-        $transformer->setParameters($this->parameters);
 
         $resource    = new Item($budgetLimit, $transformer, 'budget_limits');
 

app/Api/V1/Controllers/Models/Category/DestroyController.php

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ namespace FireflyIII\Api\V1\Controllers\Models\Category;
 use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Controllers\Controller;
 use FireflyIII\Models\Category;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\Category\CategoryRepositoryInterface;
+use FireflyIII\Support\Facades\Preferences;
 use Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse;
 
 /**
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ class DestroyController extends Controller
     public function destroy(Category $category): JsonResponse
     {
         $this->repository->destroy($category);
-        app('preferences')->mark();
+        Preferences::mark();
 
         return response()->json([], 204);
     }

app/Api/V1/Controllers/Models/CurrencyExchangeRate/DestroyController.php

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ use Carbon\Carbon;
 use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Controllers\Controller;
 use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\Models\CurrencyExchangeRate\DestroyRequest;
 use FireflyIII\Enums\UserRoleEnum;
+use FireflyIII\Exceptions\FireflyException;
 use FireflyIII\Models\CurrencyExchangeRate;
 use FireflyIII\Models\TransactionCurrency;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\ExchangeRate\ExchangeRateRepositoryInterface;
@@ -75,6 +76,9 @@ class DestroyController extends Controller
         if ($exchangeRate instanceof CurrencyExchangeRate) {
             $this->repository->deleteRate($exchangeRate);
         }
+        if (!$exchangeRate instanceof CurrencyExchangeRate) {
+            throw new FireflyException('Bla');
+        }
 
         return response()->json([], 204);
     }

app/Api/V1/Controllers/Models/CurrencyExchangeRate/UpdateController.php

@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ class UpdateController extends Controller
         $exchangeRate = $this->repository->updateExchangeRate($exchangeRate, $rate, $date);
 
         $transformer  = new ExchangeRateTransformer();
-        $transformer->setParameters($this->parameters);
 
         return response()
             ->api($this->jsonApiObject(self::RESOURCE_KEY, $exchangeRate, $transformer))

app/Api/V1/Controllers/Models/ObjectGroup/DestroyController.php

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ namespace FireflyIII\Api\V1\Controllers\Models\ObjectGroup;
 use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Controllers\Controller;
 use FireflyIII\Models\ObjectGroup;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\ObjectGroup\ObjectGroupRepositoryInterface;
+use FireflyIII\Support\Facades\Preferences;
 use FireflyIII\User;
 use Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse;
 
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ class DestroyController extends Controller
     public function destroy(ObjectGroup $objectGroup): JsonResponse
     {
         $this->repository->destroy($objectGroup);
-        app('preferences')->mark();
+        Preferences::mark();
 
         return response()->json([], 204);
     }

app/Api/V1/Controllers/Models/PiggyBank/DestroyController.php

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ namespace FireflyIII\Api\V1\Controllers\Models\PiggyBank;
 use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Controllers\Controller;
 use FireflyIII\Models\PiggyBank;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\PiggyBank\PiggyBankRepositoryInterface;
+use FireflyIII\Support\Facades\Preferences;
 use Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse;
 
 /**
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ class DestroyController extends Controller
     public function destroy(PiggyBank $piggyBank): JsonResponse
     {
         $this->repository->destroy($piggyBank);
-        app('preferences')->mark();
+        Preferences::mark();
 
         return response()->json([], 204);
     }

app/Api/V1/Controllers/Models/Recurrence/DestroyController.php

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ namespace FireflyIII\Api\V1\Controllers\Models\Recurrence;
 use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Controllers\Controller;
 use FireflyIII\Models\Recurrence;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\Recurring\RecurringRepositoryInterface;
+use FireflyIII\Support\Facades\Preferences;
 use Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse;
 
 /**
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ class DestroyController extends Controller
     public function destroy(Recurrence $recurrence): JsonResponse
     {
         $this->repository->destroy($recurrence);
-        app('preferences')->mark();
+        Preferences::mark();
 
         return response()->json([], 204);
     }

app/Api/V1/Controllers/Models/Rule/DestroyController.php

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ namespace FireflyIII\Api\V1\Controllers\Models\Rule;
 use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Controllers\Controller;
 use FireflyIII\Models\Rule;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\Rule\RuleRepositoryInterface;
+use FireflyIII\Support\Facades\Preferences;
 use FireflyIII\User;
 use Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse;
 
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ class DestroyController extends Controller
     public function destroy(Rule $rule): JsonResponse
     {
         $this->ruleRepository->destroy($rule);
-        app('preferences')->mark();
+        Preferences::mark();
 
         return response()->json([], 204);
     }

app/Api/V1/Controllers/Models/RuleGroup/DestroyController.php

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ namespace FireflyIII\Api\V1\Controllers\Models\RuleGroup;
 use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Controllers\Controller;
 use FireflyIII\Models\RuleGroup;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\RuleGroup\RuleGroupRepositoryInterface;
+use FireflyIII\Support\Facades\Preferences;
 use FireflyIII\User;
 use Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse;
 
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ class DestroyController extends Controller
     public function destroy(RuleGroup $ruleGroup): JsonResponse
     {
         $this->ruleGroupRepository->destroy($ruleGroup, null);
-        app('preferences')->mark();
+        Preferences::mark();
 
         return response()->json([], 204);
     }

app/Api/V1/Controllers/Models/Tag/DestroyController.php

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ namespace FireflyIII\Api\V1\Controllers\Models\Tag;
 use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Controllers\Controller;
 use FireflyIII\Models\Tag;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\Tag\TagRepositoryInterface;
+use FireflyIII\Support\Facades\Preferences;
 use FireflyIII\User;
 use Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse;
 
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ class DestroyController extends Controller
     public function destroy(Tag $tag): JsonResponse
     {
         $this->repository->destroy($tag);
-        app('preferences')->mark();
+        Preferences::mark();
 
         return response()->json([], 204);
     }

app/Api/V1/Controllers/Models/Transaction/DestroyController.php

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ use FireflyIII\Models\TransactionGroup;
 use FireflyIII\Models\TransactionJournal;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\Journal\JournalRepositoryInterface;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\TransactionGroup\TransactionGroupRepository;
+use FireflyIII\Support\Facades\Preferences;
 use FireflyIII\User;
 use Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ class DestroyController extends Controller
 
         $this->groupRepository->destroy($transactionGroup);
 
-        app('preferences')->mark();
+        Preferences::mark();
 
         /** @var Account $account */
         foreach ($accounts as $account) {
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ class DestroyController extends Controller
     public function destroyJournal(TransactionJournal $transactionJournal): JsonResponse
     {
         $this->repository->destroyJournal($transactionJournal);
-        app('preferences')->mark();
+        Preferences::mark();
 
         return response()->json([], 204);
     }

app/Api/V1/Controllers/Models/Transaction/StoreController.php

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ use FireflyIII\Exceptions\FireflyException;
 use FireflyIII\Helpers\Collector\GroupCollectorInterface;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\TransactionGroup\TransactionGroupRepositoryInterface;
 use FireflyIII\Rules\IsDuplicateTransaction;
+use FireflyIII\Support\Facades\Preferences;
 use FireflyIII\Support\Http\Api\TransactionFilter;
 use FireflyIII\Support\JsonApi\Enrichments\TransactionGroupEnrichment;
 use FireflyIII\Transformers\TransactionGroupTransformer;
@@ -107,7 +108,7 @@ class StoreController extends Controller
 
             throw new ValidationException($validator);
         }
-        app('preferences')->mark();
+        Preferences::mark();
         $applyRules         = $data['apply_rules'] ?? true;
         $fireWebhooks       = $data['fire_webhooks'] ?? true;
         event(new StoredTransactionGroup($transactionGroup, $applyRules, $fireWebhooks));

app/Api/V1/Controllers/Models/Transaction/UpdateController.php

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ use FireflyIII\Events\UpdatedTransactionGroup;
 use FireflyIII\Helpers\Collector\GroupCollectorInterface;
 use FireflyIII\Models\TransactionGroup;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\TransactionGroup\TransactionGroupRepositoryInterface;
+use FireflyIII\Support\Facades\Preferences;
 use FireflyIII\Support\JsonApi\Enrichments\TransactionGroupEnrichment;
 use FireflyIII\Transformers\TransactionGroupTransformer;
 use FireflyIII\User;
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ class UpdateController extends Controller
         $newHash           = $this->groupRepository->getCompareHash($transactionGroup);
         $manager           = $this->getManager();
 
-        app('preferences')->mark();
+        Preferences::mark();
         $applyRules        = $data['apply_rules'] ?? true;
         $fireWebhooks      = $data['fire_webhooks'] ?? true;
         $runRecalculations = $oldHash !== $newHash;

app/Api/V1/Controllers/Models/TransactionCurrency/DestroyController.php

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ use FireflyIII\Exceptions\FireflyException;
 use FireflyIII\Models\TransactionCurrency;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\Currency\CurrencyRepositoryInterface;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\User\UserRepositoryInterface;
+use FireflyIII\Support\Facades\Preferences;
 use FireflyIII\User;
 use Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Validator;
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ class DestroyController extends Controller
         }
 
         $this->repository->destroy($currency);
-        app('preferences')->mark();
+        Preferences::mark();
 
         return response()->json([], 204);
     }

app/Api/V1/Controllers/Models/TransactionCurrency/StoreController.php

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ namespace FireflyIII\Api\V1\Controllers\Models\TransactionCurrency;
 use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Controllers\Controller;
 use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\Models\TransactionCurrency\StoreRequest;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\Currency\CurrencyRepositoryInterface;
+use FireflyIII\Support\Facades\Preferences;
 use FireflyIII\Support\Http\Api\AccountFilter;
 use FireflyIII\Support\Http\Api\TransactionFilter;
 use FireflyIII\Transformers\CurrencyTransformer;
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ class StoreController extends Controller
         $currency    = $this->repository->store($request->getAll());
         if (true === $request->boolean('default')) {
             $this->repository->makePrimary($currency);
-            app('preferences')->mark();
+            Preferences::mark();
         }
         $manager     = $this->getManager();
 

app/Api/V1/Controllers/Models/TransactionCurrency/UpdateController.php

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\Models\TransactionCurrency\UpdateRequest;
 use FireflyIII\Exceptions\FireflyException;
 use FireflyIII\Models\TransactionCurrency;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\Currency\CurrencyRepositoryInterface;
+use FireflyIII\Support\Facades\Preferences;
 use FireflyIII\Support\Http\Api\AccountFilter;
 use FireflyIII\Support\Http\Api\TransactionFilter;
 use FireflyIII\Transformers\CurrencyTransformer;
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ class UpdateController extends Controller
         $this->repository->enable($currency);
         $this->repository->makePrimary($currency);
 
-        app('preferences')->mark();
+        Preferences::mark();
 
         $manager     = $this->getManager();
         $currency->refreshForUser($user);
@@ -172,14 +173,13 @@ class UpdateController extends Controller
 
         $currency    = $this->repository->update($currency, $data);
 
-        app('preferences')->mark();
+        Preferences::mark();
 
         $manager     = $this->getManager();
         $currency->refreshForUser($user);
 
         /** @var CurrencyTransformer $transformer */
         $transformer = app(CurrencyTransformer::class);
-        $transformer->setParameters($this->parameters);
 
         $resource    = new Item($currency, $transformer, 'currencies');
 

app/Api/V1/Controllers/Models/TransactionLink/DestroyController.php

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ namespace FireflyIII\Api\V1\Controllers\Models\TransactionLink;
 use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Controllers\Controller;
 use FireflyIII\Models\TransactionJournalLink;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\LinkType\LinkTypeRepositoryInterface;
+use FireflyIII\Support\Facades\Preferences;
 use FireflyIII\User;
 use Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse;
 
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ class DestroyController extends Controller
     public function destroy(TransactionJournalLink $link): JsonResponse
     {
         $this->repository->destroyLink($link);
-        app('preferences')->mark();
+        Preferences::mark();
 
         return response()->json([], 204);
     }

app/Api/V1/Controllers/Models/TransactionLinkType/DestroyController.php

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Controllers\Controller;
 use FireflyIII\Exceptions\FireflyException;
 use FireflyIII\Models\LinkType;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\LinkType\LinkTypeRepositoryInterface;
+use FireflyIII\Support\Facades\Preferences;
 use FireflyIII\Support\Http\Api\TransactionFilter;
 use FireflyIII\User;
 use Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse;
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ class DestroyController extends Controller
             throw new FireflyException('200020: Link type cannot be changed.');
         }
         $this->repository->destroy($linkType);
-        app('preferences')->mark();
+        Preferences::mark();
 
         return response()->json([], 204);
     }

app/Api/V1/Controllers/Models/UserGroup/IndexController.php

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 namespace FireflyIII\Api\V1\Controllers\Models\UserGroup;
 
 use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Controllers\Controller;
-use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\Data\DateRequest;
+use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\PaginationRequest;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\UserGroup\UserGroupRepositoryInterface;
 use FireflyIII\Transformers\UserGroupTransformer;
 use Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse;
@@ -52,17 +52,19 @@ class IndexController extends Controller
         );
     }
 
-    public function index(DateRequest $request): JsonResponse
+    public function index(PaginationRequest $request): JsonResponse
     {
         $administrations = $this->repository->get();
-        $pageSize        = $this->parameters->get('limit');
+        [
+            'page'   => $page,
+            'limit'  => $limit,
+            'offset' => $offset,
+        ]                = $request->attributes->all();
         $count           = $administrations->count();
-        $administrations = $administrations->slice(($this->parameters->get('page') - 1) * $pageSize, $pageSize);
-        $paginator       = new LengthAwarePaginator($administrations, $count, $pageSize, $this->parameters->get('page'));
+        $administrations = $administrations->slice($offset, $limit);
+        $paginator       = new LengthAwarePaginator($administrations, $count, $limit, $page);
         $transformer     = new UserGroupTransformer();
 
-        $transformer->setParameters($this->parameters); // give params to transformer
-
         return response()
             ->json($this->jsonApiList(self::RESOURCE_KEY, $paginator, $transformer))
             ->header('Content-Type', self::CONTENT_TYPE)

app/Api/V1/Controllers/Models/UserGroup/UpdateController.php

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Controllers\Controller;
 use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\Models\UserGroup\UpdateRequest;
 use FireflyIII\Models\UserGroup;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\UserGroup\UserGroupRepositoryInterface;
+use FireflyIII\Support\Facades\Preferences;
 use FireflyIII\Transformers\UserGroupTransformer;
 use Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ class UpdateController extends Controller
         $data        = $request->getData();
         $userGroup   = $this->repository->update($userGroup, $data);
         $userGroup->refresh();
-        app('preferences')->mark();
+        Preferences::mark();
 
         $transformer = new UserGroupTransformer();
         $transformer->setParameters($this->parameters);

app/Api/V1/Controllers/Summary/BasicController.php

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ namespace FireflyIII\Api\V1\Controllers\Summary;
 use Carbon\Carbon;
 use Exception;
 use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Controllers\Controller;
-use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\Data\DateRequest;
+use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\Summary\BasicRequest;
 use FireflyIII\Enums\AccountTypeEnum;
 use FireflyIII\Enums\TransactionTypeEnum;
 use FireflyIII\Helpers\Collector\GroupCollectorInterface;
@@ -88,34 +88,25 @@ class BasicController extends Controller
         );
     }
 
-    /**
-     * This endpoint is documented at:
-     * https://api-docs.firefly-iii.org/?urls.primaryName=2.0.0%20(v1)#/summary/getBasicSummary
-     *
-     * @throws Exception
-     */
-    public function basic(DateRequest $request): JsonResponse
+    public function basic(BasicRequest $request): JsonResponse
     {
         // parameters for boxes:
-        $dates        = $request->getAll();
-        $start        = $dates['start'];
-        $end          = $dates['end'];
-        $code         = $request->get('currency_code');
+        ['start' => $start, 'end' => $end, 'code' => $code] = $request->attributes->all();
         // balance information:
-        $balanceData  = $this->getBalanceInformation($start, $end);
-        $billData     = $this->getSubscriptionInformation($start, $end);
-        $spentData    = $this->getLeftToSpendInfo($start, $end);
-        $netWorthData = $this->getNetWorthInfo($end);
+        $balanceData                                        = $this->getBalanceInformation($start, $end);
+        $billData                                           = $this->getSubscriptionInformation($start, $end);
+        $spentData                                          = $this->getLeftToSpendInfo($start, $end);
+        $netWorthData                                       = $this->getNetWorthInfo($end);
         //                        $balanceData  = [];
         //                        $billData     = [];
         //                $spentData    = [];
         //                        $netWorthData = [];
-        $total        = array_merge($balanceData, $billData, $spentData, $netWorthData);
+        $total                                              = array_merge($balanceData, $billData, $spentData, $netWorthData);
 
         // give new keys
-        $return       = [];
+        $return                                             = [];
         foreach ($total as $entry) {
-            if (null === $code || ($code === $entry['currency_code'])) {
+            if ('' === $code || ($code === $entry['currency_code'])) {
                 $return[$entry['key']] = $entry;
             }
         }

app/Api/V1/Controllers/User/PreferencesController.php

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\User\PreferenceStoreRequest;
 use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\User\PreferenceUpdateRequest;
 use FireflyIII\Exceptions\FireflyException;
 use FireflyIII\Models\Preference;
+use FireflyIII\Support\Facades\Preferences;
 use FireflyIII\Transformers\PreferenceTransformer;
 use Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse;
 use Illuminate\Pagination\LengthAwarePaginator;
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ class PreferencesController extends Controller
      */
     public function index(): JsonResponse
     {
-        $collection  = app('preferences')->all();
+        $collection  = Preferences::all();
         $manager     = $this->getManager();
         $count       = $collection->count();
         $pageSize    = $this->parameters->get('limit');
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ class PreferencesController extends Controller
             throw new FireflyException('Please use api/v1/currencies/default instead.');
         }
 
-        $pref        = app('preferences')->set($data['name'], $data['data']);
+        $pref        = Preferences::set($data['name'], $data['data']);
 
         /** @var PreferenceTransformer $transformer */
         $transformer = app(PreferenceTransformer::class);
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@ class PreferencesController extends Controller
 
         $manager     = $this->getManager();
         $data        = $request->getAll();
-        $pref        = app('preferences')->set($preference->name, $data['data']);
+        $pref        = Preferences::set($preference->name, $data['data']);
 
         /** @var PreferenceTransformer $transformer */
         $transformer = app(PreferenceTransformer::class);

app/Api/V1/Controllers/Webhook/DestroyController.php

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ use FireflyIII\Models\Webhook;
 use FireflyIII\Models\WebhookAttempt;
 use FireflyIII\Models\WebhookMessage;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\Webhook\WebhookRepositoryInterface;
+use FireflyIII\Support\Facades\Preferences;
 use Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\NotFoundHttpException;
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ class DestroyController extends Controller
 
         Log::channel('audit')->info(sprintf('User destroys webhook #%d.', $webhook->id));
         $this->repository->destroy($webhook);
-        app('preferences')->mark();
+        Preferences::mark();
 
         return response()->json([], 204);
     }
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ class DestroyController extends Controller
         Log::channel('audit')->info(sprintf('User destroys webhook #%d, message #%d, attempt #%d.', $webhook->id, $message->id, $attempt->id));
 
         $this->repository->destroyAttempt($attempt);
-        app('preferences')->mark();
+        Preferences::mark();
 
         return response()->json([], 204);
     }
@@ -128,7 +129,7 @@ class DestroyController extends Controller
         Log::channel('audit')->info(sprintf('User destroys webhook #%d, message #%d.', $webhook->id, $message->id));
 
         $this->repository->destroyMessage($message);
-        app('preferences')->mark();
+        Preferences::mark();
 
         return response()->json([], 204);
     }

app/Api/V1/Requests/AggregateFormRequest.php

@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2025 https://github.com/ctrl-f5
+ *
+ * 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\Requests;
+
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\FormRequest;
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
+use Illuminate\Validation\Validator;
+use RuntimeException;
+
+abstract class AggregateFormRequest extends ApiRequest
+{
+    /**
+     * @var ApiRequest[]
+     */
+    protected array $requests = [];
+
+    /** @return class-string[] */
+    abstract protected function getRequests(): array;
+
+    public function initialize(array $query = [], array $request = [], array $attributes = [], array $cookies = [], array $files = [], array $server = [], $content = null): void
+    {
+        parent::initialize($query, $request, $attributes, $cookies, $files, $server, $content);
+
+        // instantiate all subrequests and share current requests' bags with them
+        Log::debug('Initializing AggregateFormRequest.');
+
+        foreach ($this->getRequests() as $config) {
+            $requestClass         = is_array($config) ? array_shift($config) : $config;
+
+            if (!is_a($requestClass, Request::class, true)) {
+                throw new RuntimeException('getRequests() must return class-strings of subclasses of Request');
+            }
+            Log::debug(sprintf('Initializing subrequest %s', $requestClass));
+
+            $instance             = $this->requests[] = new $requestClass();
+            $instance->request    = $this->request;
+            $instance->query      = $this->query;
+            $instance->attributes = $this->attributes;
+            $instance->cookies    = $this->cookies;
+            $instance->files      = $this->files;
+            $instance->server     = $this->server;
+            $instance->headers    = $this->headers;
+
+            if ($instance instanceof ApiRequest) {
+                $instance->handleConfig(is_array($config) ? $config : []);
+            }
+        }
+        Log::debug('Done initializing AggregateFormRequest.');
+    }
+
+    public function rules(): array
+    {
+        // check all subrequests for rules and combine them
+        return array_reduce(
+            $this->requests,
+            static fn (array $rules, FormRequest $request) => $rules
+                + (
+                    method_exists($request, 'rules')
+                    ? $request->rules()
+                    : []
+                ),
+            [],
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function withValidator(Validator $validator): void
+    {
+        // register all subrequests' validators
+        foreach ($this->requests as $request) {
+            if (method_exists($request, 'withValidator')) {
+                Log::debug(sprintf('Process withValidator from class %s', get_class($request)));
+                $request->withValidator($validator);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

app/Api/V1/Requests/ApiRequest.php

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2025 https://github.com/ctrl-f5
+ *
+ * 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\Requests;
+
+use FireflyIII\Support\Request\ChecksLogin;
+use FireflyIII\Support\Request\ConvertsDataTypes;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\FormRequest;
+
+class ApiRequest extends FormRequest
+{
+    use ChecksLogin;
+    use ConvertsDataTypes;
+
+    protected string $required = '';
+
+    public function handleConfig(array $config): void
+    {
+        if (in_array('required', $config, true)) {
+            $this->required = 'required';
+        }
+    }
+}

app/Api/V1/Requests/Autocomplete/AutocompleteApiRequest.php

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+/*
+ * AutocompleteApiRequest.php
+ * Copyright (c) 2025 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/>.
+ */
+
+namespace FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\Autocomplete;
+
+use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\AggregateFormRequest;
+use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\DateRequest;
+use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\Generic\ObjectTypeApiRequest;
+use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\Generic\QueryRequest;
+use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\PaginationRequest;
+use FireflyIII\Models\Account;
+use Override;
+
+class AutocompleteApiRequest extends AggregateFormRequest
+{
+    #[Override]
+    protected function getRequests(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            DateRequest::class,
+            [PaginationRequest::class, 'sort_class' => Account::class],
+            [ObjectTypeApiRequest::class, 'object_type' => Account::class],
+            QueryRequest::class,
+        ];
+    }
+}

app/Api/V1/Requests/Autocomplete/AutocompleteRequest.php

@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\FormRequest;
 
 /**
  * Class AutocompleteRequest
+ *
+ * @deprecated
  */
 class AutocompleteRequest extends FormRequest
 {

app/Api/V1/Requests/Autocomplete/AutocompleteTransactionApiRequest.php

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+/*
+ * AutocompleteApiRequest.php
+ * Copyright (c) 2025 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/>.
+ */
+
+namespace FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\Autocomplete;
+
+use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\AggregateFormRequest;
+use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\DateRequest;
+use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\Generic\ObjectTypeApiRequest;
+use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\Generic\QueryRequest;
+use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\PaginationRequest;
+use FireflyIII\Models\Account;
+use FireflyIII\Models\Transaction;
+use Override;
+
+class AutocompleteTransactionApiRequest extends AggregateFormRequest
+{
+    #[Override]
+    protected function getRequests(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            DateRequest::class,
+            [PaginationRequest::class, 'sort_class' => Account::class],
+            [ObjectTypeApiRequest::class, 'object_type' => Transaction::class],
+            QueryRequest::class,
+        ];
+    }
+}

app/Api/V1/Requests/Data/DateRequest.php

@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-/*
- * DateRequest.php
- * Copyright (c) 2021 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\Requests\Data;
-
-use FireflyIII\Exceptions\ValidationException;
-use FireflyIII\Support\Request\ChecksLogin;
-use FireflyIII\Support\Request\ConvertsDataTypes;
-use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\FormRequest;
-
-/**
- * Request class for end points that require date parameters.
- *
- * Class DateRequest
- */
-class DateRequest extends FormRequest
-{
-    use ChecksLogin;
-    use ConvertsDataTypes;
-
-    /**
-     * Get all data from the request.
-     */
-    public function getAll(): array
-    {
-        $start         = $this->getCarbonDate('start');
-        $end           = $this->getCarbonDate('end');
-        if (null === $start) {
-            $start = now()->startOfMonth();
-        }
-        if (null === $end) {
-            $end = now()->endOfMonth();
-        }
-        // sanity check on dates:
-        [$start, $end] = $end < $start ? [$end, $start] : [$start, $end];
-
-        $start->startOfDay();
-        $end->endOfDay();
-        if ($start->diffInYears($end, true) > 5) {
-            throw new ValidationException('Date range out of range.');
-        }
-
-        return [
-            'start' => $start,
-            'end'   => $end,
-            'date'  => $this->getCarbonDate('date'),
-        ];
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * The rules that the incoming request must be matched against.
-     */
-    public function rules(): array
-    {
-        return [
-            'date'  => 'date|after:1970-01-02|before:2038-01-17',
-            'start' => 'date|after:1970-01-02|before:2038-01-17|before:end|required_with:end',
-            'end'   => 'date|after:1970-01-02|before:2038-01-17|after:start|required_with:start',
-        ];
-    }
-}

app/Api/V1/Requests/Data/SameDateRequest.php

@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\FormRequest;
  * Request class for end points that require date parameters.
  *
  * Class SameDateRequest
+ *
+ * @deprecated Replaced by DateRangeRequest
  */
 class SameDateRequest extends FormRequest
 {

app/Api/V1/Requests/DateRangeRequest.php

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2025 https://github.com/ctrl-f5
+ *
+ * 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\Requests;
+
+use Illuminate\Validation\Validator;
+
+class DateRangeRequest extends ApiRequest
+{
+    public function rules(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            'start' => sprintf('date|after:1970-01-02|before:2038-01-17|before:end|required_with:end|%s', $this->required),
+            'end'   => sprintf('date|after:1970-01-02|before:2038-01-17|after:start|required_with:start|%s', $this->required),
+        ];
+    }
+
+    public function withValidator(Validator $validator): void
+    {
+        $validator->after(
+            function (Validator $validator): void {
+                if ($validator->failed()) {
+                    return;
+                }
+                $start = $this->getCarbonDate('start')?->startOfDay();
+                $end   = $this->getCarbonDate('end')?->endOfDay();
+
+                $this->attributes->set('start', $start);
+                $this->attributes->set('end', $end);
+            }
+        );
+    }
+}

app/Api/V1/Requests/DateRequest.php

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2025 https://github.com/ctrl-f5
+ *
+ * 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\Requests;
+
+use Carbon\Carbon;
+use Illuminate\Validation\Validator;
+
+class DateRequest extends ApiRequest
+{
+    public function rules(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            'date'  => 'date|after:1970-01-02|before:2038-01-17|'.$this->required,
+        ];
+    }
+
+    public function withValidator(Validator $validator): void
+    {
+        $validator->after(
+            function (Validator $validator): void {
+                if ($validator->failed()) {
+                    return;
+                }
+                $date  = $this->getCarbonDate('date')?->endOfDay();
+
+                // if we also have a range, date must be in that range
+                $start = $this->attributes->get('start');
+                $end   = $this->attributes->get('end');
+                if ($date instanceof Carbon && $start instanceof Carbon && $end instanceof Carbon && !$date->between($start, $end)) {
+                    $validator->errors()->add('date', (string)trans('validation.between_date'));
+                }
+
+                $this->attributes->set('date', $date);
+            }
+        );
+    }
+}

app/Api/V1/Requests/Generic/ObjectTypeApiRequest.php

@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+/*
+ * AccountTypeApiRequest.php
+ * Copyright (c) 2025 https://github.com/ctrl-f5
+ *
+ * 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/>.
+ */
+
+namespace FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\Generic;
+
+use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\ApiRequest;
+use FireflyIII\Models\Account;
+use FireflyIII\Models\Transaction;
+use FireflyIII\Rules\Account\IsValidAccountTypeList;
+use FireflyIII\Rules\TransactionType\IsValidTransactionTypeList;
+use FireflyIII\Support\Http\Api\AccountFilter;
+use FireflyIII\Support\Http\Api\TransactionFilter;
+use Illuminate\Validation\Validator;
+use RuntimeException;
+
+class ObjectTypeApiRequest extends ApiRequest
+{
+    use AccountFilter;
+    use TransactionFilter;
+
+    private ?string $objectType = null;
+
+    public function handleConfig(array $config): void
+    {
+        parent::handleConfig($config);
+
+        $this->objectType = $config['object_type'] ?? null;
+
+        if (!$this->objectType) {
+            throw new RuntimeException('ObjectTypeApiRequest requires a object_type config');
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function rules(): array
+    {
+        $rule  = null;
+        if (Account::class === $this->objectType) {
+            $rule = new IsValidAccountTypeList();
+        }
+        if (Transaction::class === $this->objectType) {
+            $rule = new IsValidTransactionTypeList();
+        }
+        $rules = [
+            'types' => [$rule],
+        ];
+        if ('' !== $this->required) {
+            $rules['types'][] = $this->required;
+        }
+
+        return $rules;
+    }
+
+    public function withValidator(Validator $validator): void
+    {
+        $validator->after(
+            function (Validator $validator): void {
+                if ($validator->failed()) {
+                    return;
+                }
+                $type = $this->convertString('types', 'all');
+                $this->attributes->set('type', $type);
+
+                switch ($this->objectType) {
+                    default:
+                        $this->attributes->set('types', []);
+
+                        // no break
+                    case Account::class:
+                        $this->attributes->set('types', $this->mapAccountTypes($type));
+
+                        break;
+
+                    case Transaction::class:
+                        $this->attributes->set('types', $this->mapTransactionTypes($type));
+
+                        break;
+                }
+            }
+        );
+    }
+}

app/Api/V1/Requests/Generic/PaginationDateRangeRequest.php

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+/*
+ * PaginationDateRangeRequest.php
+ * Copyright (c) 2025 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/>.
+ */
+
+namespace FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\Generic;
+
+use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\AggregateFormRequest;
+use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\DateRangeRequest;
+use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\PaginationRequest;
+use FireflyIII\Models\Transaction;
+
+/**
+ * TODO this class includes an object type filter which should be moved to its own thing.
+ */
+class PaginationDateRangeRequest extends AggregateFormRequest
+{
+    #[Override]
+    protected function getRequests(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            DateRangeRequest::class,
+            [ObjectTypeApiRequest::class, 'object_type' => Transaction::class],
+            [PaginationRequest::class, 'sort_class' => Transaction::class],
+        ];
+    }
+}

app/Api/V1/Requests/Generic/QueryRequest.php

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+/*
+ * QueryRequest.php
+ * Copyright (c) 2025 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/>.
+ */
+
+namespace FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\Generic;
+
+use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\ApiRequest;
+use FireflyIII\Support\Request\ChecksLogin;
+use FireflyIII\Support\Request\ConvertsDataTypes;
+use Illuminate\Validation\Validator;
+
+class QueryRequest extends ApiRequest
+{
+    use ChecksLogin;
+    use ConvertsDataTypes;
+
+    public function rules(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            'query' => sprintf('min:1|max:50|%s', $this->required),
+        ];
+    }
+
+    public function withValidator(Validator $validator): void
+    {
+        $validator->after(
+            function (Validator $validator): void {
+                if ($validator->failed()) {
+                    return;
+                }
+                $query = $this->convertString('query');
+                $this->attributes->set('query', $query);
+            }
+        );
+    }
+}

app/Api/V1/Requests/Generic/SingleDateRequest.php

@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\FormRequest;
  * Request class for end points that require a date parameter.
  *
  * Class SingleDateRequest
+ *
+ * @deprecated
  */
 class SingleDateRequest extends FormRequest
 {

app/Api/V1/Requests/Models/Account/AccountTypeApiRequest.php

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+/*
+ * AccountTypeApiRequest.php
+ * Copyright (c) 2025 https://github.com/ctrl-f5
+ *
+ * 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/>.
+ */
+
+namespace FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\Models\Account;
+
+use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\ApiRequest;
+use FireflyIII\Support\Http\Api\AccountFilter;
+use Illuminate\Validation\Validator;
+
+class AccountTypeApiRequest extends ApiRequest
+{
+    use AccountFilter;
+
+    public function rules(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            'type'  => sprintf('in:%s', implode(',', array_keys($this->types))),
+        ];
+    }
+
+    public function withValidator(Validator $validator): void
+    {
+        $validator->after(
+            function (Validator $validator): void {
+                if ($validator->failed()) {
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                $type = $this->convertString('type', 'all');
+                $this->attributes->add([
+                    'type'  => $type,
+                    'types' => $this->mapAccountTypes($type),
+                ]);
+            }
+        );
+    }
+}

app/Api/V1/Requests/Models/Account/AccountTypesApiRequest.php

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+/*
+ * AccountTypeApiRequest.php
+ * Copyright (c) 2025 https://github.com/ctrl-f5
+ *
+ * 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/>.
+ */
+
+namespace FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\Models\Account;
+
+use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\ApiRequest;
+use FireflyIII\Rules\Account\IsValidAccountTypeList;
+use FireflyIII\Support\Http\Api\AccountFilter;
+use Illuminate\Validation\Validator;
+
+class AccountTypesApiRequest extends ApiRequest
+{
+    use AccountFilter;
+
+    public function rules(): array
+    {
+        //  sprintf('in:%s', implode(',', array_keys($this->types))),
+        return [
+            'types'  => new IsValidAccountTypeList(),
+        ];
+    }
+
+    public function withValidator(Validator $validator): void
+    {
+        $validator->after(
+            function (Validator $validator): void {
+                if ($validator->failed()) {
+                    return;
+                }
+                $types  = explode(',', $this->convertString('types', 'all'));
+                $result = [];
+                // split and find all types:
+                foreach ($types as $type) {
+                    $result = array_merge($result, $this->mapAccountTypes($type));
+                }
+                $result = array_unique($result);
+                $this->attributes->set('types', $result);
+            }
+        );
+    }
+}

app/Api/V1/Requests/Models/Account/ShowRequest.php

@@ -23,77 +23,23 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 
 namespace FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\Models\Account;
 
-use Carbon\Carbon;
+use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\AggregateFormRequest;
+use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\DateRangeRequest;
+use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\DateRequest;
+use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\Generic\ObjectTypeApiRequest;
+use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\PaginationRequest;
 use FireflyIII\Models\Account;
-use FireflyIII\Rules\IsValidSortInstruction;
-use FireflyIII\Support\Facades\Preferences;
-use FireflyIII\Support\Http\Api\AccountFilter;
-use FireflyIII\Support\Request\ConvertsDataTypes;
-use FireflyIII\User;
-use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\FormRequest;
-use Illuminate\Validation\Validator;
 
-class ShowRequest extends FormRequest
+class ShowRequest extends AggregateFormRequest
 {
-    use AccountFilter;
-    use ConvertsDataTypes;
-
-    public function getParameters(): array
+    protected function getRequests(): array
     {
-        $limit = $this->convertInteger('limit');
-        if (0 === $limit) {
-            // get default for user:
-            /** @var User $user */
-            $user  = auth()->user();
-            $limit = (int)Preferences::getForUser($user, 'listPageSize', 50)->data;
-        }
-
-        $page  = $this->convertInteger('page');
-        $page  = min(max(1, $page), 2 ** 16);
-
         return [
-            'type'  => $this->convertString('type', 'all'),
-            'limit' => $limit,
-            'sort'  => $this->convertSortParameters('sort', Account::class),
-            'page'  => $page,
+            [PaginationRequest::class, 'sort_class' => Account::class],
+            DateRangeRequest::class,
+            DateRequest::class,
+            AccountTypeApiRequest::class,
+            [ObjectTypeApiRequest::class, 'object_type' => Account::class],
         ];
     }
-
-    public function rules(): array
-    {
-        $keys = implode(',', array_keys($this->types));
-
-        return [
-            'date'  => 'date',
-            'start' => 'date|present_with:end|before_or_equal:end|before:2038-01-17|after:1970-01-02',
-            'end'   => 'date|present_with:start|after_or_equal:start|before:2038-01-17|after:1970-01-02',
-            'sort'  => ['nullable', new IsValidSortInstruction(Account::class)],
-            'type'  => sprintf('in:%s', $keys),
-            'limit' => 'numeric|min:1|max:131337',
-            'page'  => 'numeric|min:1|max:131337',
-        ];
-    }
-
-    public function withValidator(Validator $validator): void
-    {
-        $validator->after(
-            function (Validator $validator): void {
-                if (count($validator->failed()) > 0) {
-                    return;
-                }
-                $data = $validator->getData();
-
-
-                if (array_key_exists('date', $data) && array_key_exists('start', $data) && array_key_exists('end', $data)) {
-                    // assume valid dates, before we got here.
-                    $start = Carbon::parse($data['start'], config('app.timezone'))->startOfDay();
-                    $end   = Carbon::parse($data['end'], config('app.timezone'))->endOfDay();
-                    $date  = Carbon::parse($data['date'], config('app.timezone'));
-                    if (!$date->between($start, $end)) {
-                        $validator->errors()->add('date', (string)trans('validation.between_date'));
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        );
-    }
 }

app/Api/V1/Requests/Models/TransactionCurrency/CurrencyCodeRequest.php

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+/*
+ * CurrencyCodeRequest.php
+ * Copyright (c) 2025 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/>.
+ */
+
+namespace FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\Models\TransactionCurrency;
+
+use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\ApiRequest;
+use Illuminate\Validation\Validator;
+
+class CurrencyCodeRequest extends ApiRequest
+{
+    public function rules(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            'code' => sprintf('exists:transaction_currencies,code|%s', $this->required),
+        ];
+    }
+
+    public function withValidator(Validator $validator): void
+    {
+        $validator->after(
+            function (Validator $validator): void {
+                if (!$validator->valid()) {
+                    return;
+                }
+                $code = $this->convertString('code', '');
+                $this->attributes->set('code', $code);
+            }
+        );
+    }
+}

app/Api/V1/Requests/PaginationRequest.php

@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2025 https://github.com/ctrl-f5
+ *
+ * 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\Requests;
+
+use FireflyIII\Rules\IsValidSortInstruction;
+use FireflyIII\Support\Facades\Preferences;
+use FireflyIII\User;
+use Illuminate\Validation\Validator;
+use RuntimeException;
+
+class PaginationRequest extends ApiRequest
+{
+    private ?string $sortClass = null;
+
+    public function handleConfig(array $config): void
+    {
+        parent::handleConfig($config);
+
+        $this->sortClass = $config['sort_class'] ?? null;
+
+        if (!$this->sortClass) {
+            throw new RuntimeException('PaginationRequest requires a sort_class config');
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function rules(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            'sort'  => ['nullable', new IsValidSortInstruction((string)$this->sortClass)],
+            'limit' => 'numeric|min:1|max:131337',
+            'page'  => 'numeric|min:1|max:131337',
+        ];
+    }
+
+    public function withValidator(Validator $validator): void
+    {
+        $validator->after(
+            function (Validator $validator): void {
+                if ($validator->failed()) {
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                $limit  = $this->convertInteger('limit');
+                if (0 === $limit) {
+                    // get default for user:
+                    /** @var User $user */
+                    $user  = auth()->user();
+                    $limit = (int)Preferences::getForUser($user, 'listPageSize', 50)->data;
+                }
+                $page   = $this->convertInteger('page');
+                $page   = min(max(1, $page), 2 ** 16);
+                $offset = ($page - 1) * $limit;
+                $sort   = $this->sortClass ? $this->convertSortParameters('sort', $this->sortClass) : $this->get('sort');
+                $this->attributes->set('limit', $limit);
+                $this->attributes->set('sort', $sort);
+                $this->attributes->set('page', $page);
+                $this->attributes->set('offset', $offset);
+            }
+        );
+    }
+}

app/Api/V1/Requests/Summary/BasicRequest.php

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+/*
+ * BasicRequest.php
+ * Copyright (c) 2025 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/>.
+ */
+
+namespace FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\Summary;
+
+use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\AggregateFormRequest;
+use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\DateRangeRequest;
+use FireflyIII\Api\V1\Requests\Models\TransactionCurrency\CurrencyCodeRequest;
+
+class BasicRequest extends AggregateFormRequest
+{
+    protected function getRequests(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            [DateRangeRequest::class, 'required'],
+            CurrencyCodeRequest::class,
+        ];
+    }
+}

app/Console/Commands/Correction/CorrectsFrontpageAccounts.php

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ use FireflyIII\Console\Commands\ShowsFriendlyMessages;
 use FireflyIII\Enums\AccountTypeEnum;
 use FireflyIII\Models\Preference;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\Account\AccountRepositoryInterface;
+use FireflyIII\Support\Facades\Preferences;
 use FireflyIII\User;
 use Illuminate\Console\Command;
 
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ class CorrectsFrontpageAccounts extends Command
 
         /** @var User $user */
         foreach ($users as $user) {
-            $preference = app('preferences')->getForUser($user, 'frontpageAccounts');
+            $preference = Preferences::getForUser($user, 'frontpageAccounts');
             if (null !== $preference) {
                 $this->fixPreference($preference);
             }
@@ -79,6 +80,6 @@ class CorrectsFrontpageAccounts extends Command
                 }
             }
         }
-        app('preferences')->setForUser($preference->user, 'frontpageAccounts', $fixed);
+        Preferences::setForUser($preference->user, 'frontpageAccounts', $fixed);
     }
 }

app/Console/Commands/Correction/CreatesAccessTokens.php

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ namespace FireflyIII\Console\Commands\Correction;
 use Exception;
 use FireflyIII\Console\Commands\ShowsFriendlyMessages;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\User\UserRepositoryInterface;
+use FireflyIII\Support\Facades\Preferences;
 use FireflyIII\User;
 use Illuminate\Console\Command;
 
@@ -54,10 +55,10 @@ class CreatesAccessTokens extends Command
 
         /** @var User $user */
         foreach ($users as $user) {
-            $pref = app('preferences')->getForUser($user, 'access_token');
+            $pref = Preferences::getForUser($user, 'access_token');
             if (null === $pref) {
                 $token = $user->generateAccessToken();
-                app('preferences')->setForUser($user, 'access_token', $token);
+                Preferences::setForUser($user, 'access_token', $token);
                 $this->friendlyInfo(sprintf('Generated access token for user %s', $user->email));
                 ++$count;
             }

app/Console/Commands/System/SetsLatestVersion.php

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class SetsLatestVersion extends Command
 
             return 0;
         }
-        FireflyConfig::set('ff3_version', config('firefly.version'));
+        FireflyConfig::set('ff3_build_time', (int) config('firefly.build_time'));
         $this->friendlyInfo('Updated version.');
 
         return 0;

app/Console/Commands/Upgrade/UpgradesBillsToRules.php

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ use FireflyIII\Repositories\Bill\BillRepositoryInterface;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\Rule\RuleRepositoryInterface;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\RuleGroup\RuleGroupRepositoryInterface;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\User\UserRepositoryInterface;
+use FireflyIII\Support\Facades\Preferences;
 use FireflyIII\User;
 use Illuminate\Console\Command;
 
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ class UpgradesBillsToRules extends Command
         $this->ruleRepository->setUser($user);
 
         /** @var Preference $lang */
-        $lang       = app('preferences')->getForUser($user, 'language', 'en_US');
+        $lang       = Preferences::getForUser($user, 'language', 'en_US');
         $language   = null !== $lang->data && !is_array($lang->data) ? (string) $lang->data : 'en_US';
         $groupTitle = (string) trans('firefly.rulegroup_for_bills_title', [], $language);
         $ruleGroup  = $this->ruleGroupRepository->findByTitle($groupTitle);

app/Console/Commands/Upgrade/UpgradesDatabase.php

@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class UpgradesDatabase extends Command
             $this->call($command, $args);
         }
         // index will set FF3 version.
-        FireflyConfig::set('ff3_version', (string) config('firefly.version'));
+        FireflyConfig::set('ff3_build_time', (int) config('firefly.build_time'));
 
         return 0;
     }

app/Console/Commands/VerifiesAccessToken.php

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ namespace FireflyIII\Console\Commands;
 
 use FireflyIII\Exceptions\FireflyException;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\User\UserRepositoryInterface;
+use FireflyIII\Support\Facades\Preferences;
 use FireflyIII\User;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ trait VerifiesAccessToken
 
             return false;
         }
-        $accessToken = app('preferences')->getForUser($user, 'access_token');
+        $accessToken = Preferences::getForUser($user, 'access_token');
         if (null === $accessToken) {
             Log::error(sprintf('User #%d has no access token, so cannot access command line options.', $userId));
 

app/Factory/AttachmentFactory.php

@@ -84,8 +84,10 @@ class AttachmentFactory
         return $attachment;
     }
 
-    public function setUser(User $user): void
+    public function setUser(User $user): static
     {
         $this->user = $user;
+
+        return $this;
     }
 }

app/Factory/BillFactory.php

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ use FireflyIII\Repositories\ObjectGroup\CreatesObjectGroups;
 use FireflyIII\Services\Internal\Support\BillServiceTrait;
 use FireflyIII\User;
 use Illuminate\Database\QueryException;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 /**
  * Class BillFactory
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ class BillFactory
      */
     public function create(array $data): ?Bill
     {
-        app('log')->debug(sprintf('Now in %s', __METHOD__), $data);
+        Log::debug(sprintf('Now in %s', __METHOD__), $data);
         $factory          = app(TransactionCurrencyFactory::class);
         $currency         = $factory->find((int) ($data['currency_id'] ?? null), (string) ($data['currency_code'] ?? null))
                     ?? app('amount')->getPrimaryCurrencyByUserGroup($this->user->userGroup);
@@ -82,8 +83,8 @@ class BillFactory
                 ]
             );
         } catch (QueryException $e) {
-            app('log')->error($e->getMessage());
-            app('log')->error($e->getTraceAsString());
+            Log::error($e->getMessage());
+            Log::error($e->getTraceAsString());
 
             throw new FireflyException('400000: Could not store bill.', 0, $e);
         }

app/Factory/CategoryFactory.php

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ use FireflyIII\Exceptions\FireflyException;
 use FireflyIII\Models\Category;
 use FireflyIII\User;
 use Illuminate\Database\QueryException;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 /**
  * Class CategoryFactory
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ class CategoryFactory
         $categoryId   = (int) $categoryId;
         $categoryName = (string) $categoryName;
 
-        app('log')->debug(sprintf('Going to find category with ID %d and name "%s"', $categoryId, $categoryName));
+        Log::debug(sprintf('Going to find category with ID %d and name "%s"', $categoryId, $categoryName));
 
         if ('' === $categoryName && 0 === $categoryId) {
             return null;
@@ -72,8 +73,8 @@ class CategoryFactory
                     ]
                 );
             } catch (QueryException $e) {
-                app('log')->error($e->getMessage());
-                app('log')->error($e->getTraceAsString());
+                Log::error($e->getMessage());
+                Log::error($e->getTraceAsString());
 
                 throw new FireflyException('400003: Could not store new category.', 0, $e);
             }

app/Factory/PiggyBankEventFactory.php

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ namespace FireflyIII\Factory;
 use FireflyIII\Models\PiggyBank;
 use FireflyIII\Models\TransactionJournal;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\PiggyBank\PiggyBankRepositoryInterface;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 /**
  * Create piggy bank events.
@@ -36,9 +37,9 @@ class PiggyBankEventFactory
 {
     public function create(TransactionJournal $journal, ?PiggyBank $piggyBank): void
     {
-        app('log')->debug(sprintf('Now in PiggyBankEventCreate for a %s', $journal->transactionType->type));
+        Log::debug(sprintf('Now in PiggyBankEventCreate for a %s', $journal->transactionType->type));
         if (!$piggyBank instanceof PiggyBank) {
-            app('log')->debug('Piggy bank is null');
+            Log::debug('Piggy bank is null');
 
             return;
         }
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ class PiggyBankEventFactory
 
         $amount     = $piggyRepos->getExactAmount($piggyBank, $journal);
         if (0 === bccomp($amount, '0')) {
-            app('log')->debug('Amount is zero, will not create event.');
+            Log::debug('Amount is zero, will not create event.');
 
             return;
         }

app/Factory/PiggyBankFactory.php

@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class PiggyBankFactory
             /** @var PiggyBank $piggyBank */
             $piggyBank = PiggyBank::createQuietly($piggyBankData);
         } catch (QueryException $e) {
-            app('log')->error(sprintf('Could not store piggy bank: %s', $e->getMessage()), $piggyBankData);
+            Log::error(sprintf('Could not store piggy bank: %s', $e->getMessage()), $piggyBankData);
 
             throw new FireflyException('400005: Could not store new piggy bank.', 0, $e);
         }
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ class PiggyBankFactory
         $current = 1;
         foreach ($set as $piggyBank) {
             if ($piggyBank->order !== $current) {
-                app('log')->debug(sprintf('Piggy bank #%d ("%s") was at place %d but should be on %d', $piggyBank->id, $piggyBank->name, $piggyBank->order, $current));
+                Log::debug(sprintf('Piggy bank #%d ("%s") was at place %d but should be on %d', $piggyBank->id, $piggyBank->name, $piggyBank->order, $current));
                 $piggyBank->order = $current;
                 $piggyBank->save();
             }

app/Factory/TagFactory.php

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ use FireflyIII\Models\Location;
 use FireflyIII\Models\Tag;
 use FireflyIII\Models\UserGroup;
 use FireflyIII\User;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 /**
  * Class TagFactory
@@ -40,12 +41,12 @@ class TagFactory
     public function findOrCreate(string $tag): ?Tag
     {
         $tag    = trim($tag);
-        app('log')->debug(sprintf('Now in TagFactory::findOrCreate("%s")', $tag));
+        Log::debug(sprintf('Now in TagFactory::findOrCreate("%s")', $tag));
 
         /** @var null|Tag $dbTag */
         $dbTag  = $this->user->tags()->where('tag', $tag)->first();
         if (null !== $dbTag) {
-            app('log')->debug(sprintf('Tag exists (#%d), return it.', $dbTag->id));
+            Log::debug(sprintf('Tag exists (#%d), return it.', $dbTag->id));
 
             return $dbTag;
         }
@@ -60,11 +61,11 @@ class TagFactory
             ]
         );
         if (!$newTag instanceof Tag) {
-            app('log')->error(sprintf('TagFactory::findOrCreate("%s") but tag is unexpectedly NULL!', $tag));
+            Log::error(sprintf('TagFactory::findOrCreate("%s") but tag is unexpectedly NULL!', $tag));
 
             return null;
         }
-        app('log')->debug(sprintf('Created new tag #%d ("%s")', $newTag->id, $newTag->tag));
+        Log::debug(sprintf('Created new tag #%d ("%s")', $newTag->id, $newTag->tag));
 
         return $newTag;
     }

app/Factory/TransactionFactory.php

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ use FireflyIII\Rules\UniqueIban;
 use FireflyIII\Services\Internal\Update\AccountUpdateService;
 use Illuminate\Database\QueryException;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Validator;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 /**
  * Class TransactionFactory
@@ -96,9 +97,9 @@ class TransactionFactory
             /** @var null|Transaction $result */
             $result = Transaction::create($data);
         } catch (QueryException $e) {
-            app('log')->error(sprintf('Could not create transaction: %s', $e->getMessage()), $data);
-            app('log')->error($e->getMessage());
-            app('log')->error($e->getTraceAsString());
+            Log::error(sprintf('Could not create transaction: %s', $e->getMessage()), $data);
+            Log::error($e->getMessage());
+            Log::error($e->getTraceAsString());
 
             throw new FireflyException(sprintf('Query exception when creating transaction: %s', $e->getMessage()), 0, $e);
         }
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ class TransactionFactory
             throw new FireflyException('Transaction is NULL.');
         }
 
-        app('log')->debug(
+        Log::debug(
             sprintf(
                 'Created transaction #%d (%s %s, account %s), part of journal #%d',
                 $result->id,
@@ -138,17 +139,17 @@ class TransactionFactory
     private function updateAccountInformation(): void
     {
         if (!array_key_exists('iban', $this->accountInformation)) {
-            app('log')->debug('No IBAN information in array, will not update.');
+            Log::debug('No IBAN information in array, will not update.');
 
             return;
         }
         if ('' !== (string) $this->account->iban) {
-            app('log')->debug('Account already has IBAN information, will not update.');
+            Log::debug('Account already has IBAN information, will not update.');
 
             return;
         }
         if ($this->account->iban === $this->accountInformation['iban']) {
-            app('log')->debug('Account already has this IBAN, will not update.');
+            Log::debug('Account already has this IBAN, will not update.');
 
             return;
         }
@@ -157,12 +158,12 @@ class TransactionFactory
             'iban' => ['required', new UniqueIban($this->account, $this->account->accountType->type)],
         ]);
         if ($validator->fails()) {
-            app('log')->debug('Invalid or non-unique IBAN, will not update.');
+            Log::debug('Invalid or non-unique IBAN, will not update.');
 
             return;
         }
 
-        app('log')->debug('Will update account with IBAN information.');
+        Log::debug('Will update account with IBAN information.');
         $service   = app(AccountUpdateService::class);
         $service->update($this->account, ['iban' => $this->accountInformation['iban']]);
     }

app/Factory/TransactionGroupFactory.php

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ use FireflyIII\Exceptions\FireflyException;
 use FireflyIII\Models\TransactionGroup;
 use FireflyIII\Models\UserGroup;
 use FireflyIII\User;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 /**
  * Class TransactionGroupFactory
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ class TransactionGroupFactory
      */
     public function create(array $data): TransactionGroup
     {
-        app('log')->debug('Now in TransactionGroupFactory::create()');
+        Log::debug('Now in TransactionGroupFactory::create()');
         $this->journalFactory->setUser($data['user']);
         $this->journalFactory->setUserGroup($data['user_group']);
         $this->journalFactory->setErrorOnHash($data['error_if_duplicate_hash'] ?? false);
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ class TransactionGroupFactory
         try {
             $collection = $this->journalFactory->create($data);
         } catch (DuplicateTransactionException $e) {
-            app('log')->warning('GroupFactory::create() caught journalFactory::create() with a duplicate!');
+            Log::warning('GroupFactory::create() caught journalFactory::create() with a duplicate!');
 
             throw new DuplicateTransactionException($e->getMessage(), 0, $e);
         }

app/Factory/TransactionJournalFactory.php

@@ -221,10 +221,26 @@ class TransactionJournalFactory
         ];
         Log::debug('Source info:', $sourceInfo);
         Log::debug('Destination info:', $destInfo);
-        $sourceAccount         = $this->getAccount($type->type, 'source', $sourceInfo);
-        $destinationAccount    = $this->getAccount($type->type, 'destination', $destInfo, $sourceAccount);
+        $destinationAccount    = null;
+        $sourceAccount         = null;
+        if (TransactionTypeEnum::DEPOSIT->value === $type->type) {
+            Log::debug('Transaction type is deposit, start with destination first.');
+            $destinationAccount = $this->getAccount($type->type, 'destination', $destInfo);
+            $sourceAccount      = $this->getAccount($type->type, 'source', $sourceInfo, $destinationAccount);
+        }
+        if (TransactionTypeEnum::DEPOSIT->value !== $type->type) {
+            Log::debug('Transaction type is not deposit, start with source first.');
+            $sourceAccount      = $this->getAccount($type->type, 'source', $sourceInfo);
+            $destinationAccount = $this->getAccount($type->type, 'destination', $destInfo, $sourceAccount);
+        }
+
         Log::debug('Done with getAccount(2x)');
 
+        // there is a safety catch here. If either account is NULL, they will be replaced with the cash account.
+        if (null === $destinationAccount) {
+            Log::warning('Destination account is NULL, will replace with cash account.');
+            $destinationAccount = $this->accountRepository->getCashAccount();
+        }
 
         // this is the moment for a reconciliation sanity check (again).
         if (TransactionTypeEnum::RECONCILIATION->value === $type->type) {

app/Factory/TransactionJournalMetaFactory.php

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ namespace FireflyIII\Factory;
 
 use Carbon\Carbon;
 use FireflyIII\Models\TransactionJournalMeta;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 /**
  * Class TransactionJournalMetaFactory
@@ -34,27 +35,27 @@ class TransactionJournalMetaFactory
 {
     public function updateOrCreate(array $data): ?TransactionJournalMeta
     {
-        // app('log')->debug('In updateOrCreate()');
+        // Log::debug('In updateOrCreate()');
         $value       = $data['data'];
 
         /** @var null|TransactionJournalMeta $entry */
         $entry       = $data['journal']->transactionJournalMeta()->where('name', $data['name'])->first();
         if (null === $value && null !== $entry) {
-            // app('log')->debug('Value is empty, delete meta value.');
+            // Log::debug('Value is empty, delete meta value.');
             $entry->delete();
 
             return null;
         }
 
         if ($data['data'] instanceof Carbon) {
-            app('log')->debug('Is a carbon object.');
+            Log::debug('Is a carbon object.');
             $value = $data['data']->toW3cString();
         }
         if ('' === (string) $value) {
-            // app('log')->debug('Is an empty string.');
+            // Log::debug('Is an empty string.');
             // don't store blank strings.
             if (null !== $entry) {
-                app('log')->debug('Will not store empty strings, delete meta value');
+                Log::debug('Will not store empty strings, delete meta value');
                 $entry->delete();
             }
 
@@ -62,13 +63,13 @@ class TransactionJournalMetaFactory
         }
 
         if (null === $entry) {
-            // app('log')->debug('Will create new object.');
-            app('log')->debug(sprintf('Going to create new meta-data entry to store "%s".', $data['name']));
+            // Log::debug('Will create new object.');
+            Log::debug(sprintf('Going to create new meta-data entry to store "%s".', $data['name']));
             $entry       = new TransactionJournalMeta();
             $entry->transactionJournal()->associate($data['journal']);
             $entry->name = $data['name'];
         }
-        app('log')->debug('Will update value and return.');
+        Log::debug('Will update value and return.');
         $entry->data = $value;
         $entry->save();
 

app/Generator/Report/Account/MonthReportGenerator.php

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ use FireflyIII\Exceptions\FireflyException;
 use FireflyIII\Generator\Report\ReportGeneratorInterface;
 use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
 use Throwable;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 /**
  * Class MonthReportGenerator.
@@ -58,8 +59,8 @@ class MonthReportGenerator implements ReportGeneratorInterface
                 ->render()
             ;
         } catch (Throwable $e) {
-            app('log')->error(sprintf('Cannot render reports.double.report: %s', $e->getMessage()));
-            app('log')->error($e->getTraceAsString());
+            Log::error(sprintf('Cannot render reports.double.report: %s', $e->getMessage()));
+            Log::error($e->getTraceAsString());
             $result = sprintf('Could not render report view: %s', $e->getMessage());
 
             throw new FireflyException($result, 0, $e);

app/Generator/Report/Audit/MonthReportGenerator.php

@@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ class MonthReportGenerator implements ReportGeneratorInterface
                 ->render()
             ;
         } catch (Throwable $e) {
-            app('log')->error(sprintf('Cannot render reports.audit.report: %s', $e->getMessage()));
-            app('log')->error($e->getTraceAsString());
+            Log::error(sprintf('Cannot render reports.audit.report: %s', $e->getMessage()));
+            Log::error($e->getTraceAsString());
             $result = sprintf('Could not render report view: %s', $e->getMessage());
 
             throw new FireflyException($result, 0, $e);

app/Generator/Report/Budget/MonthReportGenerator.php

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ use FireflyIII\Generator\Report\ReportGeneratorInterface;
 use FireflyIII\Helpers\Collector\GroupCollectorInterface;
 use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
 use Throwable;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 /**
  * Class MonthReportGenerator.
@@ -72,8 +73,8 @@ class MonthReportGenerator implements ReportGeneratorInterface
                 ->render()
             ;
         } catch (Throwable $e) {
-            app('log')->error(sprintf('Cannot render reports.account.report: %s', $e->getMessage()));
-            app('log')->error($e->getTraceAsString());
+            Log::error(sprintf('Cannot render reports.account.report: %s', $e->getMessage()));
+            Log::error($e->getTraceAsString());
             $result = sprintf('Could not render report view: %s', $e->getMessage());
 
             throw new FireflyException($result, 0, $e);
@@ -132,7 +133,7 @@ class MonthReportGenerator implements ReportGeneratorInterface
     protected function getExpenses(): array
     {
         if (0 !== count($this->expenses)) {
-            app('log')->debug('Return previous set of expenses.');
+            Log::debug('Return previous set of expenses.');
 
             return $this->expenses;
         }

app/Generator/Report/Category/MonthReportGenerator.php

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ use FireflyIII\Generator\Report\ReportGeneratorInterface;
 use FireflyIII\Helpers\Collector\GroupCollectorInterface;
 use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
 use Throwable;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 /**
  * Class MonthReportGenerator.
@@ -73,8 +74,8 @@ class MonthReportGenerator implements ReportGeneratorInterface
                 ->render()
             ;
         } catch (Throwable $e) {
-            app('log')->error(sprintf('Cannot render reports.category.month: %s', $e->getMessage()));
-            app('log')->error($e->getTraceAsString());
+            Log::error(sprintf('Cannot render reports.category.month: %s', $e->getMessage()));
+            Log::error($e->getTraceAsString());
             $result = sprintf('Could not render report view: %s', $e->getMessage());
 
             throw new FireflyException($result, 0, $e);
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@ class MonthReportGenerator implements ReportGeneratorInterface
     protected function getExpenses(): array
     {
         if (0 !== count($this->expenses)) {
-            app('log')->debug('Return previous set of expenses.');
+            Log::debug('Return previous set of expenses.');
 
             return $this->expenses;
         }

app/Generator/Report/Standard/MonthReportGenerator.php

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ use FireflyIII\Exceptions\FireflyException;
 use FireflyIII\Generator\Report\ReportGeneratorInterface;
 use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
 use Throwable;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 /**
  * Class MonthReportGenerator.
@@ -56,8 +57,8 @@ class MonthReportGenerator implements ReportGeneratorInterface
         try {
             return view('reports.default.month', compact('accountIds', 'reportType'))->with('start', $this->start)->with('end', $this->end)->render();
         } catch (Throwable $e) {
-            app('log')->error(sprintf('Cannot render reports.default.month: %s', $e->getMessage()));
-            app('log')->error($e->getTraceAsString());
+            Log::error(sprintf('Cannot render reports.default.month: %s', $e->getMessage()));
+            Log::error($e->getTraceAsString());
             $result = 'Could not render report view.';
 
             throw new FireflyException($result, 0, $e);

app/Generator/Report/Standard/MultiYearReportGenerator.php

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ use FireflyIII\Exceptions\FireflyException;
 use FireflyIII\Generator\Report\ReportGeneratorInterface;
 use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
 use Throwable;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 /**
  * Class MonthReportGenerator.
@@ -60,8 +61,8 @@ class MultiYearReportGenerator implements ReportGeneratorInterface
                 compact('accountIds', 'reportType')
             )->with('start', $this->start)->with('end', $this->end)->render();
         } catch (Throwable $e) {
-            app('log')->error(sprintf('Cannot render reports.default.multi-year: %s', $e->getMessage()));
-            app('log')->error($e->getTraceAsString());
+            Log::error(sprintf('Cannot render reports.default.multi-year: %s', $e->getMessage()));
+            Log::error($e->getTraceAsString());
             $result = sprintf('Could not render report view: %s', $e->getMessage());
 
             throw new FireflyException($result, 0, $e);

app/Generator/Report/Standard/YearReportGenerator.php

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ use FireflyIII\Exceptions\FireflyException;
 use FireflyIII\Generator\Report\ReportGeneratorInterface;
 use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
 use Throwable;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 /**
  * Class MonthReportGenerator.
@@ -60,8 +61,8 @@ class YearReportGenerator implements ReportGeneratorInterface
                 compact('accountIds', 'reportType')
             )->with('start', $this->start)->with('end', $this->end)->render();
         } catch (Throwable $e) {
-            app('log')->error(sprintf('Cannot render reports.account.report: %s', $e->getMessage()));
-            app('log')->error($e->getTraceAsString());
+            Log::error(sprintf('Cannot render reports.account.report: %s', $e->getMessage()));
+            Log::error($e->getTraceAsString());
             $result = 'Could not render report view.';
 
             throw new FireflyException($result, 0, $e);