Note: I also created an alternative importing framework (
https://github.com/jbms/beancount-import) which operates under a somewhat
different model and provides additional functionality, like a web
interface, automatic prediction of the account, and matching against other
transactions.

On Fri, Nov 30, 2018 at 5:50 PM TF <[email protected]> wrote:

> I have to admit, bean-import and accompanying modules have me a little
> flummoxed. If I'm not mistaken, the idea is to take CSV and translate it
> into beancount ledger entries.
>
> I'm pretty sure I could write a python script of my own to import and
> convert entries and append them to my .beancount file. It wouldn't do any
> of the math, but beancount does that; if I get errors, I'll fix them by
> hand and/or adjust my importer. I could also have my importer move the
> original documents to the correct directory to file it away.
>
> But am I missing something that I'd get from the usual approach? (Other
> than unit testing -- I'd definitely lose that, but I don't fully understand
> unit testing anyway; I'm a self-taught coder.)
>
> Thanks!
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