A quick follow up on this thread.
As an alternative to plaid, it's possible to write your own scraping
code (by this I mean, code that goes and scrapes data from the web sites
where you can manually download your ofx files).
To automate a browser, you can use Selenium (which has bindings for
py
On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 5:29 PM Jean Laroche
So plaid is definitely a solution albeit with security concerns.
> I wish all this stuff was open source, and all this bank info data would
> be at our fingertips without having to go through third parties like
> that. But that's the current state of af
For those interested in plaid.
Today I got a response to my inquiry about being allowed to retrieve
investment information using the free dev environment.
Typically Liabilities and Investments product is only available under
our custom contract model which starts at a $500 per month committed
sp
On Sun, 21 Jun 2020 05:33:11 +
Christopher Lam wrote:
> Are you saying that SISS isn't compliant with OAIC's APP? Very
> interesting, and not surprising...
> I've noticed lots of discrepancies in Australian law and practice.
> e.g. many forms in use have PDF forms with PDF's signatures, but t
Are you saying that SISS isn't compliant with OAIC's APP? Very interesting,
and not surprising...
I've noticed lots of discrepancies in Australian law and practice.
e.g. many forms in use have PDF forms with PDF's signatures, but the
recipient expect nothing other than print+sign+scan+unencrypted e
On Sat, 20 Jun 2020 13:43:13 -0700
jean laroche wrote:
> > I found an explanation of Quicken's Express Web Connect at
> > https://community.quicken.com/discussion/7851859/faq-how-quicken-connects-with-your-financial-institution-tips-tricks-and-best-practices.
> >
> > The short answer is it works
I found an explanation of Quicken's Express Web Connect at
https://community.quicken.com/discussion/7851859/faq-how-quicken-connects-with-your-financial-institution-tips-tricks-and-best-practices.
The short answer is it works the same as plaid and friends: The transaction
data is retrieved n
> On Jun 20, 2020, at 10:09 AM, jean laroche wrote:
>
> More about the Plaid thing:
>
> 1) I found quite a few projects in github having to do with plaid. People
> writing their own financial solutions.
> One that's somewhat relevant here is this one:
> https://github.com/ebridges/plaid2qif
More about the Plaid thing:
1) I found quite a few projects in github having to do with plaid.
People writing their own financial solutions.
One that's somewhat relevant here is this one:
https://github.com/ebridges/plaid2qif
Even though the author picked qif instead of ofx (a mistake I think)
On 6/19/20 9:38 AM, John Ralls wrote:
The actual OAUTH implementation begins with
https://cdn.plaid.com/link/v2/stable/link-initialize.js. I don't really have
time ATM to reformat and study it, but it supports my initial suspicion that
they're setting up a man-in-the-middle to obtain an OAU
The actual OAUTH implementation begins with
https://cdn.plaid.com/link/v2/stable/link-initialize.js. I don't really have
time ATM to reformat and study it, but it supports my initial suspicion that
they're setting up a man-in-the-middle to obtain an OAUTH token to monitor the
user's bank accoun
The server code clearly mentions OAUTH. Let me know what you can
determined from the server code if you find something interesting...
J.
On 6/18/20 9:51 AM, Derek Atkins wrote:
This is interesting. It sounds like OAUTH, where the mini-webserver
redirects to the bank's website for authentication
Jean,
This is interesting. It sounds like OAUTH, where the mini-webserver redirects
to the bank's website for authentication and gets a token back, but OAUTH
tokens are supposed to be single-use and expire. The fact that neither seems to
be the case is a bit worrying. Does plaid provide the so
> This is interesting. It sounds like OAUTH, where the mini-webserver
> redirects to the bank's website for authentication and gets a token back,
> but OAUTH tokens are supposed to be single-use and expire. The fact that
> neither seems to be the case is a bit worrying. Does plaid provide the
> sou
> On Jun 18, 2020, at 8:54 AM, jean laroche wrote:
>
> On 6/18/2020 8:49 AM, Fross, Michael wrote:
>> Thanks Jean for this...might be a great resource for all of us. It would be
>> nice to not have to leverage a webserver on the client side and just call
>> the API. Is that possible? Migh
On 6/18/2020 8:49 AM, Fross, Michael wrote:
Thanks Jean for this...might be a great resource for all of us. It
would be nice to not have to leverage a webserver on the client side
and just call the API. Is that possible? Might be a lot simpler.
Then the only real task is converting to OFX o
Thanks Jean for this...might be a great resource for all of us. It would
be nice to not have to leverage a webserver on the client side and just
call the API. Is that possible? Might be a lot simpler. Then the only
real task is converting to OFX or CSV.
Michael
On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 10:46 A
Well, I tested plaid last night. https://plaid.com/pricing
It worked without a hitch with my bank (Patelco). It works like this:
- You create an account with plaid and get API keys.
- Do this once:
Using python (in my case, but there are other options) you run a local
web server on your machine (
On 6/17/20 1:48 PM, Edward Doolittle wrote:
> On 6/17/20 7:17 AM, Derek Atkins wrote:
> > Liz writes:
> >
> >> When I got the code using wireshark, it was " 1 2 3 4"
> > General: "1 2 3 4"? That sounds like the code someone would use on
> their
> > luggage!
> >
> > King: Remind me to cha
On 6/17/2020 5:45 PM, Frank H. Ellenberger wrote:
Is this one off this new Payment Service providers, which caused all the
trouble with Online Banking in the recent year? "Give me your keys and I
will sent your recent financial data whereever you want see them (and a
few oter places)."
I'm not
Is this one off this new Payment Service providers, which caused all the
trouble with Online Banking in the recent year? "Give me your keys and I
will sent your recent financial data whereever you want see them (and a
few oter places)."
I think it depends on the clients behaviour. I know at least
I'll make sure to report once I try it. I just got my keys, so I should
be able to give that a shot pretty soon.
J.
On 6/17/2020 5:17 PM, John Ralls wrote:
Yes, I expect Quicken will eventually succeed in freezing us out.
I can't tell from 10 minutes exploring the Plaid website whether they s
Yes, I expect Quicken will eventually succeed in freezing us out.
I can't tell from 10 minutes exploring the Plaid website whether they support
bank customers retrieving their account transactions. It's also pretty clear
that they expect to be paid for their services. Their free account is for
On 6/17/20 7:17 AM, Derek Atkins wrote:
> Liz writes:
>
>> When I got the code using wireshark, it was " 1 2 3 4"
> General: "1 2 3 4"? That sounds like the code someone would use on their
> luggage!
>
> King: Remind me to change the code on my luggage.
>
>> Liz
> -derek
Once had a frie
😷
On Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 10:59 AM Stephen M. Butler wrote:
> On 6/17/20 7:17 AM, Derek Atkins wrote:
> > Liz writes:
> >
> >> When I got the code using wireshark, it was " 1 2 3 4"
> > General: "1 2 3 4"? That sounds like the code someone would use on their
> > luggage!
> >
> > King:
On 6/17/20 7:17 AM, Derek Atkins wrote:
> Liz writes:
>
>> When I got the code using wireshark, it was " 1 2 3 4"
> General: "1 2 3 4"? That sounds like the code someone would use on their
> luggage!
>
> King: Remind me to change the code on my luggage.
>
>> Liz
> -derek
Once had a frie
Liz writes:
> When I got the code using wireshark, it was " 1 2 3 4"
General: "1 2 3 4"? That sounds like the code someone would use on their
luggage!
King: Remind me to change the code on my luggage.
> Liz
-derek
--
Derek Atkins 617-623-3745
de...@iht
On Tue, 16 Jun 2020 20:08:17 -0700
John Ralls wrote:
> I think the only really feasible workaround is to reverse-engineer
> the Web Connect authentication. That would mean installing Quicken
> and setting up and using OFX Web Connect while monitoring the traffic
> with wireshark.
> https://redfla
Thanks John,
I agree with you than trying to reverse engineer the Web Connect
authentication is probably not going to happen. So does this mean that
in the not-to-distant future we'll be left with two choices? Manual
download or quicken?
What about plaid? Does anybody have any experience with
> On Jun 16, 2020, at 2:23 PM, Jean Laroche wrote:
>
> People,
> In the past week, my credit union (Patelco) retired their OFX server which
> means it's no longer possible to download transactions using OFX. You can
> still do it manually by logging into your account etc, but it's no longer
People,
In the past week, my credit union (Patelco) retired their OFX server
which means it's no longer possible to download transactions using OFX.
You can still do it manually by logging into your account etc, but it's
no longer possible to use tools like ofxclient, ofxget and probably
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