# Feature request: API - y axis label

**URL:** <https://forum.beeminder.com/t/feature-request-api-y-axis-label/1037>\
**Category:** Bugabee\
**Created:** [August 8, 2015, 10:04pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/feature-request-api-y-axis-label/1037 "2015-08-08T22:04:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![insti](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/insti/32/545_2.png) [@insti](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/insti)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2015, 10:04pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/feature-request-api-y-axis-label/1037/1 "2015-08-08T22:04:03Z")

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It would be nice if the y-axis label was available as part of the goal data returned by the API

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**Author:** ![spookane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@spookane](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/spookane)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2015, 5:23am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/feature-request-api-y-axis-label/1037/2 "2015-08-09T05:23:17Z")

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I was just thinking about asking this! I’m trying to create Linux alerts for goals, and I noticed that both the delta (from the bottom line) and the units are missing. I can extract the delta, if the goal is in the red, from the string “limsum” but the units are nowhere to be seen. 😣

edit: thinking about it, limsum is good enough for my uses. Units/Y-axis label would still be appreciated though!

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**Author:** ![dreev](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/dreev/32/4311_2.png) [@dreev](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/dreev)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 9:23pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/feature-request-api-y-axis-label/1037/3 "2015-08-10T21:23:22Z")

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Smart! We shall add it.

(tagging #XUVI)