Thank you for this information! In the meantime I was poking through the developer documentation. I assume the Scripting section at https://beancount.github.io/docs/beancount_scripting_plugins.html would come in handy, as well? It seems more geared towards plugin authors so I'll try some more with beanquery. On Monday, 12 May 2025 at 5:44:08 pm UTC+2 Chary Ev2geny wrote:
> Alen, > > you need to use run_query > > from beanquery.query import run_query > > > You can see how it is done here for instance > > > https://colab.research.google.com/drive/17Mbk2JC4KHMg3b1iXoZg-50kEI2bCoQ-?usp=drive_link > > On Monday, May 12, 2025 at 5:16:22 PM UTC+2 Alen Šiljak wrote: > >> Hi all! As I managed to port all my data, I am now adapting the tooling I >> built around it, before I can fully switch to Beancount. I would highly >> appreciate the assistance from the helpful people in this group. >> >> I will post the questions separately so that they are easier to track. >> >> The first question is - how to query Beancount from a Python application? >> >> To provide some context - I am using Cashier for quick overview and >> transaction entry on my phone. I use Cashier Server to synchronize the >> balances from the book. Cashier Server is a Python application. This used >> to forward queries to ledger and return the data back. Now, with Beancount, >> I would assume that it can execute those directly via Python and not run >> any external processes. >> So, if I manage to identify the BQL queries I need to get accounts, >> balances, payees, and whatever else, how would I run them from an external >> app? >> I have Python experience but I have not worked with any Beancount tools >> yet. I've looked briefly into what's available and tried bean-query. >> >> Thank you for any pointers! >> > -- 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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/7d9315f7-96e1-483e-a791-2e8dc00dda0en%40googlegroups.com.
