Re: importing bank statements

Mmmh,
looks like there is no such solution out there then. Maybe i will give
it a shot and see what comes about.

thanks
matt

On 5/17/2011 10:30 AM, Steve Lessard wrote:
> Unfortunately the PocketSense scripts won't help Matt because those 
> scripts work by connecting to a bank's OFX server which is something 
> Moneydance already does. The problem Matt (and I) would like to find a 
> solution for is how to automate downloading transactions from a bank's 
> web site and not its OFX server.
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> On Mon, 16 May 2011 12:10:40 -0400, Kevin Nugent wrote:
>> Hi Mat,  
>> There's a fella named Robert who has done some nice work
>> with Python on a program to download OFX files from financial 
>> institutions.  
>> The program is set up to work with MS Money.  
>> It downloads OFX files to a folder where you could easily import them 
>> into Moneydance.  
>> http://sites.google.com/site/pocketsense/home  
>> HTH -Kevin N. 
>>  
>>> Date: Sat, 14 May 2011 17:07:05 -0600
>>> From: [email protected]
>>> To: [email protected]; [email protected]
>>> Subject: [moneydance] importing bank statements
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>> i had a question with regards to importing bank/credit card stuff. My
>>> bank (a local bank) does not support any sort of OFX. Other bank charge
>>> fees that are 'unacceptable' to some people. However, my bank and the
>>> 'fee' charging banks provide online access and the option to manually
>>> download the statements in quicken format or somesuch.
>>>
>>> Anyway, so as i would like to be able to have things automated as much
>>> as possible, i was thinking about uqing python's mechanize module to
>>> possible download the statements automatically and have them imported
>>> automatically.
>>>
>>> As i have never really worked with moneydance i was just wondering if
>>> this sounds like a reasonable thing to do (and whether it is possible)?
>>>
>>> Any input would be appreciated.
>>>
>>> thanks
>>> matt
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