piecash.core.book module¶

class piecash.core.book.Book(root_account=None, root_template=None)[source]¶

Bases: piecash._declbase.DeclarativeBaseGuid

A Book represents a GnuCash document. It is created through one of the two factory functions create_book() and open_book().

Canonical use is as a context manager like (the book is automatically closed at the end of the with block):

with create_book() as book:
    ...

Note

If you do not use the context manager, do not forget to close the session explicitly (book.close()) to release any lock on the file/DB.

The book puts at disposal several attributes to access the main objects of the GnuCash document:

# to get the book and the root_account
ra = book.root_account

# to get the list of accounts, commodities or transactions
for acc in book.accounts:  # or book.commodities or book.transactions
    # do something with acc

# to get a specific element of these lists
EUR = book.commodities(namespace="CURRENCY", mnemonic="EUR")

# to get a list of all objects of some class (even non core classes)
budgets = book.get(Budget)
# or a specific object
budget = book.get(Budget, name="my first budget")

You can check a session has changes (new, deleted, changed objects) by getting the book.is_saved property. To save or cancel changes, use book.save() or book.cancel():

# save a session if it is no saved (saving a unchanged session is a no-op)
if not book.is_saved:
    book.save()

root_account¶

piecash.core.account.Account – the root account of the book

root_template¶

piecash.core.account.Account – the root template of the book (usage not yet clear...)

uri¶

str – connection string of the book (set by the GncSession when accessing the book)

session¶

sqlalchemy.orm.session.Session – the sqlalchemy session encapsulating the book

use_trading_accounts¶

bool – true if option “Use trading accounts” is enabled

use_split_action_field¶

bool – true if option “Use Split Action Field for Number” is enabled

RO_threshold_day¶

int – value of Day Threshold for Read-Only Transactions (red line)

control_mode¶

list(str – list of allowed non-standard operations like : “allow-root-subaccounts”

counter_customer¶

int – counter for piecash.business.person.Customer id (link to slot “counters/gncCustomer”)

counter_vendor¶

int – counter for piecash.business.person.Vendor id (link to slot “counters/gncVendor”)

counter_employee¶

int – counter for piecash.business.person.Employee id (link to slot “counters/gncEmployee”)

counter_invoice¶

int – counter for piecash.business.invoice.Invoice id (link to slot “counters/gncInvoice”)

counter_job¶

int – counter for piecash.business.invoice.Job id (link to slot “counters/gncJob”)

counter_bill¶

int – counter for piecash.business.invoice.Bill id (link to slot “counters/gncBill”)

counter_exp_voucher¶

int – counter for piecash.business.invoice.Invoice id (link to slot “counters/gncExpVoucher”)

counter_order¶

int – counter for piecash.business.invoice.Order id (link to slot “counters/gncOrder”)

static track_dirty(session, flush_context, instances)[source]¶

Record in session._all_changes the objects that have been modified before each flush

trading_account(cdty)[source]¶

Return the trading account related to the commodity. If it does not exist and the option “Use Trading Accounts” is enabled, create it on the fly

add(obj)[source]¶

Add an object to the book (to be used if object not linked in any way to the book)

delete(obj)[source]¶

Delete an object from the book (to remove permanently an object)

save()[source]¶

Save the changes to the file/DB (=commit transaction)

flush()[source]¶

Flush the book

cancel()[source]¶

Cancel all the changes that have not been saved (=rollback transaction)

is_saved¶

Save the changes to the file/DB (=commit transaction)

close()[source]¶

Close a session. Any changes not yet saved are rolled back. Any lock on the file/DB is released.

get(cls, **kwargs)[source]¶

Generic getter for a GnuCash object in the GncSession. If no kwargs is given, it returns the list of all objects of type cls (uses the sqlalchemy session.query(cls).all()). Otherwise, it gets the unique object which attributes match the kwargs (uses the sqlalchemy session.query(cls).filter_by(**kwargs).one() underneath):

# to get the first account with name="Income"
inc_account = session.get(Account, name="Income")

# to get all accounts
accs = session.get(Account)

Parameters:	cls (class) – the class of the object to retrieve (Account, Price, Budget,...) kwargs (dict) – the attributes to filter on
Returns:	the unique object if it exists, raises exceptions otherwise
Return type:	object

transactions¶

gives easy access to all transactions in the book through a piecash.model_common.CallableList of piecash.core.transaction.Transaction

splits¶

gives easy access to all splits in the book through a piecash.model_common.CallableList of piecash.core.transaction.Split

accounts¶

gives easy access to all accounts in the book through a piecash.model_common.CallableList of piecash.core.account.Account

commodities¶

gives easy access to all commodities in the book through a piecash.model_common.CallableList of piecash.core.commodity.Commodity

currencies¶

gives easy access to all currencies in the book through a piecash.model_common.CallableList of piecash.core.commodity.Commodity

prices¶

gives easy access to all prices in the book through a piecash.model_common.CallableList of piecash.core.commodity.Price

customers¶

gives easy access to all commodities in the book through a piecash.model_common.CallableList of piecash.business.people.Customer

vendors¶

gives easy access to all commodities in the book through a piecash.model_common.CallableList of piecash.business.people.Vendor

employees¶

gives easy access to all commodities in the book through a piecash.model_common.CallableList of piecash.business.people.Employee

taxtables¶

gives easy access to all commodities in the book through a piecash.model_common.CallableList of piecash.business.tax.Taxtable

query¶

proxy for the query function of the underlying sqlalchemy session

splits_df()[source]¶

Return a pandas DataFrame with all splits (piecash.core.commodity.Split) from the book

Returns:	pandas.DataFrame

prices_df()[source]¶

Return a pandas DataFrame with all prices (piecash.core.commodity.Price) from the book

Returns:	pandas.DataFrame