Importing invoices

[Mike Evans]

On Mon, 4 Nov 2013 16:24:55 -0500
"R. Victor Klassen" <rvklassen at gmail.com> wrote:

Have a look at http://www.gnucash.org/viewdoc.phtml?rev=2.4&lang=C&doc=guide
Section 17.2

MikeE

> This looks promising.  Am I right in assuming that the documentation is the source code?
> 
> 
> On Nov 4, 2013, at 3:53 PM, Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:
> 
> > Take a look at src/plugins/bi_import
> > 
> > -derek
> > 
> > On Mon, November 4, 2013 2:27 pm, R. Victor Klassen wrote:
> >> Hi.
> >> 
> >> I (fairly) regularly receive a (somewhat) lengthy order by email, in a
> >> format that I can readily copy/paste into a spreadsheet, which I do in
> >> order to generate a packing list.   The order contains descriptions,
> >> quantities and unit prices, so I have everything I need in electronic form
> >> to create the invoice as well - everything, that is, except the
> >> information that is typically autofilled when I manually type in the
> >> invoice.  And that could be hard coded into a script, presumably.
> >> 
> >> As I understand it, I could massage that order using - e.g. /bin/nawk or
> >> another scripting language, or possibly just read it directly in python
> >> and then use the python bindings to enter the order into the data file
> >> used by GNUCash.  This has the disadvantage that I would have to close
> >> down gnuCash and restart it after, incurring the startup delay.
> >> 
> >> I’m wondering whether I could write some code in a scripting language to
> >> put the invoice in QIF or OFX or any other format that GNUCash will
> >> import, and then import it, thereby avoiding the need to restart.   I just
> >> don’t know whether (any of) these import formats are rich enough that I
> >> can automatically assign accounts, taxable status, etc.
> >> 
> >> Thoughts?
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