2023-12-07 GnuCash IRC logs
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10:24:18 <chris> .
10:30:58 <Rammstein> I'm thinking of writing a script that can fetch transactions from an API and create it in GNU Cash (one-way sync only). Is it possible to programmatically refresh GNU Cash after a transaction is created by a script or will I need to reload the file?
10:33:00 <Simon> You can't modify the file while gnucash has it open
10:33:33 <Simon> I use the python bindings and have it retry when the file is busy
10:36:59 <Rammstein> So there's no way to actually interact with the GNU Cash UI itself (as a plugin/module), but rather just write to the file when it's not running?
10:46:47 <chris> Rammstein: some users have successfully used something like AutoHotKey (sometimes with fancy image recognition to click on toolbar icons)
10:49:36 <Rammstein> Oh, not looking to go that route. I am exploring a more elegant way to do this. I was just checking if there's a built-in way it pulls transactions from external sources so that I can possibly just emulate those APIs.
10:50:41 <chris> Make your API output CSV, and import it. The CSV importer will conveniently allow you to save column->datatype settings. It's your best bet!
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12:12:16 <Simon> but you'd still need to run that importer in the GUI?
12:13:11 <Simon> you could perhaps pretend to be one of the online banking APIs that are supported but that feels like a lot more work
12:13:20 * Simon prefers these things to just happen automatically in the background
12:17:31 <Rammstein> It would've been nice if it just synced as soon as a transaction is created on the external system, but yeah, I guess I can live with just writing to the file when it's not running.
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15:00:56 <Simon> you'd need something like https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/AqBanking and then maybe you could get it to sync when you want it to without closing GnuCash, but I've never used it
15:01:31 <Simon> and you'd need to make your own server because there are no test server implementations
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15:43:15 <jralls> Unless you're using a German bank AQBanking is just another file importer, if you expand file to include OFX DirectConnect streams on the network port.
15:44:46 <Kaligula> Rammstein:
15:45:07 <Kaligula> Rammstein: I'd love to try it if it arises :D
15:52:18 <jralls> There's the Python console. It's supposed to connect to the running session.
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