Quick update: Installed ofxget and manage to get my ofxget.cfg updated using ofxget acctinfo. Not sure if this required for bean-download.
Also downloaded a .ofx file using: ofxget stmt fidelity > c:\users\joshd\fidelity.ofx Struggling to my download.cfg and bean-download download working - keep getting: 1/1 sites failed: fidelity Will keep trying whenever I have time this week. On Sunday, September 15, 2024 at 9:24:33 PM UTC-5 Red S wrote: > My reason for using .csv over .ofx is simply familiarity and ease of > starting up. > > I have no experience with ofx and thought the learning curve would be much > steeper, and I already feel like I'm drowning a bit as a layperson. > > I know it may seem like that, especially given ofx is not a human readable > format. But might I suggest giving that a shot first, and you might be > pleasantly surprised. Because there is nothing to do, no importer to write, > since it is a machine format with an official spec, unlike csv. The > learning curve should be close to zero. There are other benefits > <https://reds-rants.netlify.app/personal-finance/a-word-about-input-formats-use-ofx-when-you-can/> > > too. > > I'll look into the csvreader changes you mentioned to try making a > replacement for prepare_raw_columns() and also look further into ofx. > > If I were you, I’d definitely spend five minutes with ofx first. And > reds-importers ships with ofx-summarize which you can use to peek inside > and poke around an ofx file, which makes it a lot less opaque and easy on a > layperson. > > Thanks for the help here and confirming I'm doing alright, and also thank > you for maintaining it! > > Happy to, and glad its helpful! > > -- 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/f3a84262-4f4c-4f2b-9260-10272ac07212n%40googlegroups.com.
