Looking to get feedback on the proper way to create new transactions
through a Python script. I'm working on the beginnings of a paycheck parser
and am starting by making myself some useful wrappers, but I don't want to
reinvent the wheel unnecessarily. Here is my sample code for making a new
transaction and printing it:
import beancount.core.amount as amount
from beancount.core.data import Posting, Transaction
from beancount.parser import printer
from datetime import date
def new_posting(account, units=None, cost=None, price=None, flag=None, meta=
None):
if units:
units = amount.from_string(units)
return Posting(account=account,
units=units,
cost=cost,
price=price,
flag=flag,
meta=meta)
def new_transaction(date, flag, postings, payee='', narration='', tags=None,
links=None, meta=None):
return Transaction(date=date,
flag=flag,
postings=postings,
payee=payee,
narration=narration,
tags=tags,
links=links,
meta=meta)
postings = []
postings.append(new_posting('Assets:Some:Account', '100.00 USD'))
postings.append(new_posting('Expenses:Some:Account'))
trans = new_transaction(date.today(), '*', postings, narration='Test
transaction')
print(printer.format_entry(trans))
There's some acrobatics required to make a new transaction, so the
objective above was to simplify the process by providing defaults for the
mostly optional parameters. Also, I hid the units magic when it comes to
making new postings.
Anyways, I've spent some time combing through the source code, but I
haven't given an extensive review of every file. With that being said, I
just want to make sure I'm not reinventing helper functions that already
exist. Any pointers?
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