Martin, is my understanding correct, that by following your example from Ameritrade <https://github.com/blais/ameritrade/blob/master/examples/ameritrade2beancount.py>one cannot create a beancount file, which contains inline comments for postings, like that?
*2015-01-01 * "Taxi home from concert in Brooklyn" Assets:Cash -20 USD ; inline comment Expenses:Taxi* Reasons: 1. There seems to be no place for comment in the *Posting <https://github.com/beancount/beancount/blob/38e14b8dcf47754cb21ae7e5aceb77efc4c11688/beancount/core/data.py#L177>*class (only may be in meta-data?) 2. As far as I can see, printer.print_entries() cannot print posting comment If this is the case, what is the best way to create a custom script for converting data into beancount format with possibility to preserve inline comments for postings? On Saturday, October 10, 2020 at 3:23:56 AM UTC+2 [email protected] wrote: > You can either write a custom script and just print out to stdout, or use > the ingest framework. > > Here's an example of a custom standalone script that converts from > Ameritrade: > > https://github.com/blais/ameritrade/blob/master/examples/ameritrade2beancount.py > > The ingest library only provides a framework to help you automate some of > the process of automatically identifying the files in your downloads > directory, run the extraction of transactions (that you write) and file > away the downloads. You don't necessarily have to use it. > http://furius.ca/beancount/doc/ingest > > Hope this helps, > > > > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 7:32 AM Sam Bragg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I'm completely new to beancount, but I want to use it to manage my >> trading/investing activities. I have already written a library to download >> transactions from my broker's API, which returns a list of dicts. >> >> I have looked at the beancount documentation and I can't even seem to get >> started. Many of the example importers given, assume that one has a file >> which they wish to import, which in my particular case is not relevant(?). >> >> Here's the process as I envision it: >> >> 1. Get a given date's transactions from my broker, using the library >> I made >> 2. Implement some logic to classify each transaction >> (Account:[fees/PnL] etc.) >> 3. Append the new transactions as directives in my beancount file >> >> All I am really seeking to know at the moment is how I would even get >> started. Looking at beancount.ingest.importer - it needs a FileMemo >> instance, but in this case I won't be reading from a file - this is where >> most of my confusion is coming from. >> >> Truly grateful for any response received. Thank you so much for producing >> this awesome software! >> >> Sam >> >> -- >> 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 view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/c38aefcb-0af3-4591-9905-b5f8fcc79fcan%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/c38aefcb-0af3-4591-9905-b5f8fcc79fcan%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/2a32d0fe-3fd0-4098-a092-83e94ce5fdeen%40googlegroups.com.
