Importing invoices

[R. Victor Klassen]

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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