You want "get_children" instead of "get_descendents".
On Thu, 2024-10-24 at 21:51 -0700, Noerr via gnucash-user wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've been trying to get started with the GnuCash API Python
> bindings
> after just using the main desktop app for the last 12 years.
> I built GnuCash app (Build ID: 5.9+(2024-09-28) along with API and
> Python
> bindings enabled for my system (MacOS 15.0 , M1 Arm)
>
> My problem is that I haven't been able to interact with my GnuCash
> data in
> a useful way yet. Namely, I can't seem to access any existing
> accounts,
> and thus no transactions either. Nor any entries in the price
> database.
>
> First I used the desktop app to save-as a copy of my GnuCash data in
> the
> XML format.
> Next I use python and commands generally like the following. I do
> not see
> any output that is expected when iterating over the descendants of
> root_account. ( I never see the text output, 'checking a
> descendant...' )
>
>
> from gnucash import (Session, Account, Transaction, Split,
> GncNumeric,
> SessionOpenMode, gnucash_core)
> uri="file:///Users/me/Downloads/gnucash_localSave.gnucash"
> session = Session(book_uri=uri,
> mode=gnucash_core.SessionOpenMode.SESSION_NORMAL_OPEN )
> book = session.book
> table = book.get_table()
> currency_code = 'USD'
> currency = table.lookup('ISO4217', currency_code)
> root_account = book.get_root_account()
> for acc in root_account.get_descendants():
> print('checking a descendant...')
> if acc.GetType() == ACCT_TYPE_STOCK:
> print('found a stock')
>
>
> **So why is root_account.get_descendants() returning an empty
> container?**
>
> The Bindings/API aren't completely dead though. With the same
> session and
> book open above, I was playing around with some of the ideas Eberhard
> demonstrated in this thread [
> https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2024-September/113402.html
> ]
> and I called
> > > > create_accounts(session, book, root_acct)
> > > > quit()
>
> To my suprise, when I used the desktop app to open
> gnucash_localSave.gnucash, my real accounts and transactions are
> gone, but
> I have three accounts: Expenses, Opening Balance, and Savings in CAD
> currency, and with the specified opening balances.
> So the Bindings and API worked to create stuff.
>
> As an aside, the file did flag as locked upon open in the desktop
> app. I
> suspect there's a missing unlock somewhere in Python Bindings /
> destructor
> code.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Noah
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