(make that Gnucash 5.9) On Sat, Nov 30, 2024 at 10:13 PM John Haiducek <jhaid...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Brad and Jim, > > You're right, this isn't the latest Fedora release and I'm due for an > upgrade. > > But...I saw this evening that a new version of the Gnucash 3.9 package was > available, with the changelog entry "Patch for Python accounting file bug." > I installed the update and my script works again. I did not need to add a > call to `gnucash_session.load()`, though I'll certainly consider trying > that if I encounter a similar problem in the future. > > John > > On Sat, Nov 30, 2024 at 4:24 PM Jim DeLaHunt <list+gnuc...@jdlh.com> > wrote: > >> John: >> On 2024-11-30 10:55, John Haiducek wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> A Python script I've been using with Gnucash recently stopped working, and >> is no longer able to read files that could be read previously with the same >> script. The script can open Gnucash XML files, but it doesn't find the >> accounts in them. The script uses the official Gnucash Python API. Both >> Gnucash and the Python bindings were installed using the Fedora package >> manager. >> >> Here's the script: >> >> ``` >> from sys import argv >> from gnucash import Session, SessionOpenMode >> >> def account_from_path(top_account, account_path, original_path=None): >> if original_path==None: original_path = account_path >> account, account_path = account_path[0], account_path[1:] >> >> account = top_account.lookup_by_name(account) >> if account == None: >> raise Exception( >> "path " + ':'.join(original_path) + " could not be found") >> >> if len(account_path) > 0 : >> return account_from_path(account, account_path, original_path) >> else: >> return account >> >> if __name__=='__main__': >> >> gnucash_file = argv[1] >> >> gnucash_session=Session(gnucash_file, SessionOpenMode.SESSION_READ_ONLY) >> >> root_account = gnucash_session.book.get_root_account() >> >> investments = account_from_path(root_account, ['Assets','Investments']) >> ``` >> >> I'm experiencing this with Gnucash 5.9 on Fedora 39, installed using the >> Fedora repositories. I'm not sure how to tell whether this is a Gnucash >> bug, or a packaging error on the Fedora side, or something else. Any >> suggestions for diagnosing or troubleshooting this? >> >> You might need to add `gnucash_session.load()` after your call to >> Session(). >> >> For background, see the thread "[GNC] unable to iterate accounts with API >> Python bindings" from October 2024 at >> <https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2024-October/113845.html> >> <https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2024-October/113845.html>. >> The crucial insight, from John Ralls: >> >> ...there's been only one change to the bindings since then: I removed a load >> call from the Session constructor to fix bug 799308. That wasn't exactly the >> right thing to do, but it's a surmountable problem: Load the session in the >> script.... >> >> I hope that is helpful. Best regards, —Jim DeLaHunt >> >> _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
