Love Gnucash -- A few questions though . .

[David Frascone]

On Thursday, 19 Aug 2004, Derek Atkins wrote:
> David Frascone <dave at frascone.com> writes:
> 
> >> There's a python script that someone wrote to help download OFX files.
> >> I think there's a pointer in the FAQ.  If not, there should be ;)
> >> 
> >
> > I looked briefly at this, but it looked like it was for using the direct
> > connect OFX functionality.  Did I misread?  Was the script designed to
> > populate fields in a non-standard screen to download an OFX file?
> 
> Yes, this script uses DirectConnect.  Does your bank not support
> DirectConnect?  Does Quicken/Money not support your Bank?

Right.  My bank does *not* support DirectConnect, and Quicken/Money do
*not* support my bank :(

> > My bank uses netteller, which *really* sucks . . .
> 
> No clue what that is.
You are lucky.

> > I'll look into python for doing the web grab.
> 
> You're welcome to use perl or shell or whatever... I was just pointing
> out this particular script because it does support the vast majority
> of Banks (which support DirectConnect).

I guess my question was more generic, and slightly off-topic:  What's
the easiest scripting language for a complex web query.  A login (form),
with cookies, then a form to select my download type, then a scrape to
grab the url to download.  I've never done a web script that was this
complex before.  And, of course, it's only complex, since my bank does
not support DirectConnect.

-Dave

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David Frascone

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