Thanks. My current workflow is to use "bean-extract" to extract transactions from multiple CSV files downloaded from different institutions. I have been using this workflow for a few years, until recently I opened a savings account.
I will look into how to use the importer directly, instead of using "bean-extract". -- Zhuoyun Wei On Thu, Apr 4, 2019, at 11:38, Aamer Abbas wrote: > By the way, just wanted to note this is for extraction purposes since > you need to use a different account based on the file name. If it's > only for identification purposes, the identifier mixin already supports > matching on the file name > (https://bitbucket.org/blais/beancount/src/fa1edde3bcd02a277fac193f460a39c9a1461161/beancount/ingest/importers/mixins/identifier.py?at=default&fileviewer=file-view-default#identifier.py-32) > > On Thu, Apr 4, 2019 at 6:35 PM Aamer Abbas <[email protected]> wrote: > > You can't do it with the CSV importer the way it's currently written. You > > will need to write your own importer. > > > > Something like this, but obviously refactored in a nicer way. > > > > def extract(self, file): > > file_name = path.basename(file.name) > > > > if file_name == "something.csv": > > account = "Assets:US:Something" > > elif file_name == "something_else.csv" > > account = "Assets:US:SomethingElse" > > > > On Thu, Apr 4, 2019 at 11:33 AM Zhuoyun Wei <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> the CSV importer determines the account to use by "regexps" parameter. I > >> have two accounts from the same bank (one checking and one savings), and > >> the CSV files of both are of the same format. There isn't anything in the > >> file content that could tell the two accounts apart. The only difference > >> is the file name (e.g. "Chase1111.csv" for checking, "Chase2222.csv" for > >> savings). > >> > >> Under this circumstance, "regexps" parameter does not work. How could I > >> import different files into different accounts? > >> > >> -- > >> Zhuoyun Wei > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >> "Beancount" group. > >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > >> email to [email protected] > >> <mailto:beancount%[email protected]>. > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >> To view this discussion on the web visit > >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/17beda3b-4862-44e8-b839-51aaf6d573f8%40www.fastmail.com. > >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Beancount" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/CAOHSxbnuC06TGuyP9C2a_1dZM_znUYfHuJMhSRNqjPByHc%3D7Lw%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/CAOHSxbnuC06TGuyP9C2a_1dZM_znUYfHuJMhSRNqjPByHc%3D7Lw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Beancount" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/3f414514-d832-407b-954a-2bc55be4a842%40www.fastmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
