The Accounting API

Dependencies

• Python >=3.3
• ledger version 3 (I have not tried with version 2.x)
• Python packages: Flask, etc. (install by running pip install -r requirements.txt)

GTK Client Dependencies

To run the GTK client you need to have gi.repository avaiable in the python environment, this means that if you use virtualenv to install the dependencies of accounting-api you need to set it up with the --system-site-packages flag.

Installation (i.e. Development Setup)

accounting-api does not yet have a method for end-user installation. This section describes how you would set up accounting-api for development purposes, which can also be used as an environment to try out the functionality of accounting-api.

See the sections below on how to install the dependencies. Then run the following in your shell.

# Get the source code
git clone git://gitorious.org/conservancy/accounting-api.git
cd accounting-api

# Set up the python 3.3 virtualenv (this will make the GTK client not work)
mkvirtualenv -p /usr/bin/python3.3 accounting-api
# OR If you want the GTK client to work
mkvirtualenv -p /usr/bin/python3.3 --system-site-packages accounting-api

# If your terminal prompt does not say "(accounting-api)", run
workon accounting-api

# Install the python packages
pip-3.3 install -r requirements.txt

If all went well, head to Usage. If not, head to the channel #npoacct on irc.freenode.net.

Ubuntu

# git python 3.3 and virtualenvwrapper
sudo apt-get install git-core python3.3 virtualenvwrapper

# ledger 3
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:mbudde/ledger
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ledger

Usage

# Run the web service
LEDGER_FILE=../path/to/your.ledger ./bin/serve

# Get a balance report via the web service
./bin/client balance

# Get the transaction log
./bin/client register

# Insert a simple transaction, currency will be autodetected from your
# locale, for another currency, use ``--symbol USD``
./bin/client insert "January rent" Assets:Checking Expenses:Rent 654.32