Interpret the output of ‘ledger’ and make it available in Python¶

Interfaces to read data from ledger.

libwedger.get_account(account, start=None, end=None)[source]¶

Get the balance of an account for the given period.

Parameters:	account (str) – The name of the account. start (datetime.date) – Date from which to start counting the balance. If omitted, you’ll get the overall balance of the account. end (datetime.date) – Date at which to stop counting the balance. Defaults to datetime.date.today() if omitted.
Returns:	The account balance (including currency symbol or commodity name).
Return type:	str

libwedger.get_all_account_names()[source]¶

Retrieve the list of account names known to ledger.

Returns:	Set of account names.
Return type:	{str}

libwedger.get_transaction_register()[source]¶

Get the list of transactions.