ABA Parser/Reporter in Python

ABA (Australian Bankers Association or Cemtext file format) is the standard format all Australian online banks accept. This is an archaic fixed file format, and it's hard to eye-ball for correctness.

This script serves currently serves 2 purposes

1. A python library to parse ABA files.
2. A basic command line report of all the debit transactions in the ABA file (I use this to sanity check payments out of Xero)

Install

I'd recommend just checking out the git repo (it's a small python file). However, it is all pip compatible so the usual

$ virtual pyenv
$ source pyenv/bin/activate
$ pip install abaparser

Usage

$ python -m abaparser < path/to/FILE.ABA

The output will be something like this

Contractors
012-327	293353749	John Doe	Contractor Payment	1220.00
082-406	598209320	Jane Doe	Contractor Payment	6600.00