I think I probably misunderstand the question.
Why is it not possible just to print entries in the new file?
printer.print_entries(entries, file=open("new_file.bean", "w", encoding="
utf-8"))
On Friday, March 15, 2024 at 11:47:56 PM UTC+1 Saglara S wrote:
> I want to add and modify postings in transactions based on a lookup table
> (search string : account). The script here does the job and will print out
> the modified transactions.
>
> But how on earth to modify / update the transactions in the input file
> accordingly?
>
> import json
> import re
> from beancount import loader
> from beancount.core import data
> from beancount.parser import printer
>
> # Define the filename and load the Beancount file
> filename = "comdirect-mitko.beancount"
> entries, errors, options = loader.load_file(filename)
>
> # Define the JSON lookup table
> lookup_table = {
> "AGIP": "Assets:Test",
> "PayPal Europe": "Assets:Transfer:Paypal",
> # Add more entries as needed
> }
>
> # Loop over each key-value pair in the lookup table
> for search_string, posting_account in lookup_table.items():
> for entry in entries:
> if isinstance(entry, data.Transaction):
> if re.search(search_string, (entry.payee or entry.narration)):
> posting = data.Posting(
> posting_account,
> None,
> None,
> None,
> None,
> None,
> )
> if len(entry.postings) == 1:
> entry.postings.append(posting)
> elif len(entry.postings) == 2:
> entry.postings[1] = posting
> printer.print_entry(entry) # Print the modified entry
>
>
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